Project Gutenberg 2000-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 79 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William The Comedy of Errors There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #1504 "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare is a comedic play likely written in the late 16th century. The play centers around the theme of mistaken identities and explores the chaos that ensues when two sets of identical twins are separated at birth, only to unknowingly reunite in the same city years later. This farcical entanglement of identities leads to humorous misunderstandings and conflicts. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Egeon, a merchant from Syracuse, who is sentenced to death in Ephesus for violating the city’s trade embargo. He recounts a tragic tale of how he became separated from his wife and their twin sons, who were also named Aantipholis and Dromio. The story unfolds with Egeon’s longing for his lost family, setting the stage for the ensuing confusions when his son, Antipholus of Syracuse, arrives in Ephesus, unaware of the existence of his identical twin, Antipholus of Ephesus. As the narrative progresses, we encounter several characters who add to the comedic complications, including the servants of both Antipholuses, each named Dromio. The opening portion of the play effectively establishes the foundational premise that drives the unfolding hilarity and chaos. (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 139542 139551 2024-09-01T12:34:11.250211 2023-10-01T11:21:31.077044 text/html text/html 139535 139544 2024-09-01T12:34:11.501210 2023-10-01T11:21:31.249036 text/html text/html 93764 2024-09-01T12:34:16.009184 application/epub+zip 94465 2024-09-01T12:34:12.711199 application/epub+zip 94465 2024-09-01T12:34:11.943204 application/epub+zip 189598 2024-09-01T12:34:18.113178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175881 2024-09-01T12:34:15.515196 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173017 2022-08-01T12:05:03.672077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108920 108948 2024-09-01T12:34:11.000207 2023-10-01T11:21:30.754025 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 101635 2019-05-21T11:34:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40348 2019-05-21T11:35:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18993 2024-09-01T12:34:18.245169 application/rdf+xml 11437 2024-09-01T12:34:12.302201 image/jpeg 3010 2024-09-01T12:34:12.129205 image/jpeg 93653 2024-09-01T12:34:11.513206 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