Project Gutenberg 1997-11-01 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 57 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William The Comedy of Errors The First Folio, 1623 "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare is a classic play written in the late 16th century. This comedic farce revolves around the themes of mistaken identity and familial confusion, featuring two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, whose encounters in the city of Ephesus lead to a series of humorous and chaotic situations. The story begins with Egeon, a merchant from Syracuse, seeking his lost family and facing execution due to the enmity between Syracuse and Ephesus. At the start of the play, Egeon is caught in Ephesus violating a law that condemns any Syracuse-born individual who enters the city. As he pleads for his life, he recounts his tragic backstory of separation from his wife and their twin sons. Simultaneously, the audience is introduced to his son, Antipholus of Syracuse, and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, who have just arrived in Ephesus, unaware of the chaos that awaits them. Their presence, along with the intertwined fates of their counterparts, Antipholus of Ephesus and Dromio of Ephesus, hints at a whirlwind of comedic misunderstandings and mistaken identities that will unfold throughout the play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies Shipwreck victims -- Drama Mistaken identity -- Drama Brothers -- Drama Greece -- Drama Twins -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 135539 152622 2024-09-01T08:29:35.248554 2023-10-01T07:51:06.584801 text/html text/html 135532 152615 2024-09-01T08:29:35.433578 2023-10-01T07:51:06.754800 text/html text/html 92157 2024-09-01T08:29:40.003549 application/epub+zip 92848 2024-09-01T08:29:36.628540 application/epub+zip 92848 2024-09-01T08:29:35.880555 application/epub+zip 187259 2024-09-01T08:29:42.104533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173540 2024-09-01T08:29:39.440549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171199 2022-08-01T08:04:24.841765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105322 126073 2024-09-01T08:29:35.018565 2023-10-01T07:51:06.368790 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 104556 2023-11-03T01:21:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17914 2024-09-01T08:29:42.248549 application/rdf+xml 11437 2024-09-01T08:29:36.218547 image/jpeg 3010 2024-09-01T08:29:36.049552 image/jpeg 92009 2024-09-01T08:29:35.446555 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia