Project Gutenberg 1999-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 138 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William The Comedy of Errors There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #1504 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comedy_of_Errors "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare is a comedic play written during the late 16th century. The story revolves around two sets of identical twins separated at birth, leading to a series of misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and comedic situations as they meet in the city of Ephesus. At its core, the play explores themes of family, love, and the chaos that can ensue from confusion. The opening of the play introduces us to Aegeon, a merchant from Syracuse, who is on the brink of execution in Ephesus due to an unfortunate law against Syracusian merchants. He recounts the tragic tale of how he became separated from his wife and their twin sons during a shipwreck. As the narrative unfolds, we also meet Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, both unaware that their long-lost twins live in Ephesus. Their arrival in the city sets the stage for the ensuing comedic mayhem fueled by mistaken identities and the chaos of family reunions. This establishes the backdrop for a humorous exploration of identity and belonging that will ensue throughout the play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays Shipwreck victims -- Drama Mistaken identity -- Drama Brothers -- Drama Greece -- Drama Twins -- Drama PR Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 152159 2025-08-01T11:02:03.573878 text/html 151976 2025-01-07T18:25:07.740212 text/html 116854 2025-08-01T11:02:08.597813 application/epub+zip 117398 2025-08-01T11:02:05.232837 application/epub+zip 117398 2025-08-01T11:02:04.151831 application/epub+zip 220928 2025-08-01T11:02:10.818809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 205215 2025-08-01T11:02:07.933840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171201 2022-08-01T10:30:25.865395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125486 2025-08-01T11:02:03.283831 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105697 2019-05-21T11:53:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38751 2019-05-21T11:53:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19030 2025-08-01T11:02:10.946834 application/rdf+xml 11445 2025-08-01T11:02:04.686803 image/jpeg 3005 2025-08-01T11:02:04.436806 image/jpeg 113634 2025-08-01T11:02:03.586830 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia