The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors

Cast of Characters

SOLINUS, Duke of Ephesus.

AEGEON, a Merchant of Syracuse.

ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS, Twin brothers and sons to Aegion and

ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE, and Aemelia, but unknown to each other.

DROMIO OF EPHESUS, Twin brothers, and attendants on

DROMIO OF SYRACUSE, the two Antipholuses.

BALTHAZAR, a Merchant.

ANGELO, a Goldsmith.

A MERCHANT, friend to Antipholus of Syracuse.

PINCH, a Schoolmaster and a Conjurer.

AEMILIA, Wife to Aegeon, an Abbess at Ephesus.

ADRIANA, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus.

LUCIANA, her Sister.

LUCE, her Servant.

A COURTEZAN

Gaoler, Officers, Attendants

An Overveiw... sort of.

A man named Egeon, whose original home was in Syracuse, came to a new land by the name of, Ephesus. The Duke was none too happy to find out that a syracusian was in his city (mostly because there was a bitter rivalry between the two). Egeon was supposed to be executed for violating the law. But, being the smart man he was, Egeon tells a sad story and the Duke, being DEEPLY moved gives Egeon a day of liberty to do what ever he likes.

So what Egeon does, is he goes searching

for assistance so he can escape with his life.

Searching

Many confusions!!!

Meanwhile, unknown to Egeon, his son Antipholus of Syracuse (and Antipholus' slave Dromio) is also visiting Ephesus--where Antipholus' missing twin, known as Antipholus of Ephesus, is a prosperous citizen of the city. Adriana, Antipholus of Ephesus' wife, mistakes Antipholus of Syracuse for her husband and drags him home for dinner, leaving Dromio of Syracuse to stand guard at the door and admit no one. Shortly thereafter, Antipholus of Ephesus (with his slave Dromio of Ephesus) returns home and is refused entry to his own house. Meanwhile, Antipholus of Syracuse has fallen in love with Luciana, Adriana's sister, who is appalled at the behavior of the man she thinks is her brother-in-law.

Lets see how much trouble we can make.

The confusion increases when a gold chain ordered by the Ephesian Antipholus is given to Antipholus of Syracuse. Antipholus of Ephesus refuses to pay for the chain (unsurprisingly, since he never received it) and is arrested for debt. His wife, seeing his strange behavior, decides he has gone mad and orders him bound and held in a cellar room. Meanwhile, Antipholus of Syracuse and his slave decide to flee the city, which they believe to be enchanted, as soon as possible--only to be menaced by Adriana and the debt officer. They seek refuge in a nearby abbey.

A Happily Ever After

Adriana now begs the Duke to intervene and remove her "husband" from the abbey into her custody. Her real husband, meanwhile, has broken loose and now comes to the Duke and levels charges against his wife. The situation is finally resolved by the Abbess, Emilia, who brings out the set of twins and reveals herself to be Egeon's long-lost wife. Antipholus of Ephesus reconciles with Adriana; Egeon is pardoned by the Duke and reunited with his spouse; Antipholus of Syracuse resumes his romantic pursuit of Luciana, and all ends happily with the two Dromios embracing.

A Conclusion... of sorts

Now i'm sure you are wondering why it is called

The Comedy of Errors. Am I right? Well... If we

look back we can see that there is not only

confusion through-out the play, but also we see

that there are many human ERRORS made during

the play. Such as the mix up with the gold locket.

Also with the leaving and taking of the TWO sets of

TWIN brothers. You can see how this could be

very confusing to people.

The End

The two twin Dromios

The two twins Antipholuses

By: William Shakespeare

Adriana and Solinus