Project Gutenberg 2008-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 62 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Burgersdijk, L. A. J. (Leendert Alexander Johannes) 1828 1900 Burgersdijk, Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk, Dr. L.A.J. Burgersdijk, Dr. L. A. J. The comedy of errors. Dutch De Klucht der Vergissingen Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ "De Klucht der Vergissingen" by William Shakespeare is a comedic stage play likely written in the late 16th century. The play explores themes of mistaken identity and the chaos it brings to personal relationships, revolving around twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse, who become embroiled in misunderstandings due to their identical appearances. The opening of the play introduces Ægeon, a merchant from Syracuse, who is facing execution in Ephesus due to the city's strict laws against Syracusans. He recounts his tragic story of separation from his wife and twin sons after a shipwreck. Meanwhile, Antipholus of Syracuse, unaware of his twin's existence, arrives in Ephesus with his servant Dromio. Their interactions lead to a series of confusions, as the townsfolk mistake each for the other, setting the stage for the comedic entanglements that define the story. The blend of humor and heartache established early on promises an engaging exploration of identity and family ties. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Comedies Shipwreck victims -- Drama Mistaken identity -- Drama Brothers -- Drama Greece -- Drama Twins -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 270788 270128 2024-10-11T07:23:24.055630 2023-09-11T10:13:30.623495 text/html text/html 273754 2021-01-03T18:44:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 372094 2021-01-03T18:44:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 468795 2024-10-11T07:23:36.704547 application/epub+zip 470894 2024-10-11T07:23:28.442693 application/epub+zip 134171 2024-10-11T07:23:26.582590 application/epub+zip 631292 2024-10-11T07:23:41.238508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674143 2024-10-11T07:23:35.257566 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314458 2022-09-12T06:26:45.808281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141964 141873 2024-10-11T07:23:22.026703 2023-09-11T10:13:28.891458 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 141629 2021-01-03T18:44:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 53654 2021-01-03T18:44:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21748 2024-10-11T07:23:41.405511 application/rdf+xml 11365 2024-10-11T07:23:27.201706 image/jpeg 2998 2024-10-11T07:23:26.889597 image/jpeg 448463 2024-10-11T07:23:24.082622 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 nl.wikipedia