Arden Shakespeare Third: The Comedy of Errors (Paperback)

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...

from bookworm12

Have you ever seen the 1988 movie Big Business? If you have then you know the general idea of this play's premise. Two sets of twins are born in the same place on the same night. One set of twins is wealthy, the other is not. The twins are separated at birth and one brother from each set end up g...

from meandmybooks

Fast and facile. A Shakespearean sit-com - clever and silly, but with no depth. This one, more than most, I think, needs to be seen performed to be properly appreciated - I imagine all the mix-ups might be quite entertaining, properly acted. Unfortunately I read it, along with a Librivox recordin...

from Castlelass

I had previously read many of Shakespeare's works but somehow missed this one. It is based on a case of mistaken identity of two sets of twins with the same names. It takes place in Ephesus (in Greece at the time, now part of modern-day Turkey). In Act I, the father of one set of twins explains h...

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...