The Comedy of Errors [Paperback]

Hilarious fun, this early comedy is filled with the merry violence of slapstick and farce. When two sets of twins, separated and apparently lost to each other, all end up in the rowdy, rollicking city of Ephesus, the stage is set for mix-ups, mayhem, and mistaken identity—plus the timeless puns, jokes, gags, and suspense that makes this play a wonderful theatrical frolic and a brilliant tour de force of language and laughter.The Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare August Wilhelm Schlegel:FromLectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
Samuel Taylor Coleridge:FromShakespearean Criticism
William Hazlitt:FromCharacters of Shakespeare?s Plays
Etienne Souriau:FromThe Two Hundred Thousand Dramatic Situations
Bertrand Evans:FromShakespeare?s Comedies
C. L. Barber:FromShakespearian Comedy in ?The Comedy of Errors?
Louise George Clubb:FromItalian Comedy and ?The Comedy of Errors?
Harry Levin: ?The Comedy of Errors? on Stage and Screen

NEWLY ADDED ESSAY: Coppelia Kahn: Identity in ?The Comedy of Errors?

Praise forWilliam Shakespeare: Complete Works

“Remarkable . . . makes Shakespeare’s extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever.”—James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University, bestselling author ofA Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599
 
“A feast of literary and historical information.”—The Wall Street Journal
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare's vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other pl1