Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance D: The Comedy of Errors (Paperback)

from lizpatanders

This play probably ties with Twelfth Night for my favorite Shakespeare play of those that I've read. The concept of people constantly mixing up two twins and this wreaking lots of havoc may not be the most advanced ever, but Shakespeare plays it out really well here.This play lives up to its stat...

from StefanY

I went into this fairly skeptical of how much I would actually enjoy it. I was told that it was Shakespeare's first play and that the only reason that my instructor was having us read it was because it is actually being performed here on campus and we are required to attend the one-night-only per...

from Juva

A family is torn apart after the birth of twin boys. The proud parents immediately purchase (ew) another set of twin boys to serve their offspring in an identical manner. While sailing towards home, their ship sinks and the mother and father are separated during the rescue. Each parent has one bo...

from joririchardson

I love Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" because it seems to contain a dash of all his comedic abilities and elements, all thrown together into one play. This is the story of two sets of identical twins separated at birth. When the four of them end up in the same city at the same time, all sor...

from AliceAnna

Obviously an earlier work. More slapstick than his more sophisticated humor in his later works. The unfortunate servants serve as the receiving end of a Punch and Judy show. I don't recall that type of humor in his other works. But the "punderful" use of the English language is there from the sta...