Many of the errors made in "The Comedy of Errors" can be predicted by looking at the names of the players. Two sets of twins, one indentured to the other, living separate lives in separate cities invites numberous cases of mistaken identity. The fact that one is married also guarantees that at one point, the wife will mistake her husband's brother for her husband. Slaves will be sent on errands and report to the wrong master, and hilarity will ensue.
The Comedy of Errors
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- SOLINUS, Duke of Ephesus.
- AEGEON, a Merchant of Syracuse.
- ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS, Twin brothers and sons of Aegeon and
- ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE, Aemeila, 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
- LICIANA, Her Sister
- LUCE, Her Servant.
- A COURTEZAN
- Gaoler, Officers, Attendants
- SCENE: Ephesus
The Comedy of Errors
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