Project Gutenberg 2000-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 134 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 likely written in the late 16th century. The play centers around the theme of mistaken identities and explores the chaos that ensues when two sets of identical twins are separated at birth, only to unknowingly reunite in the same city years later. This farcical entanglement of identities leads to humorous misunderstandings and conflicts. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Egeon, a merchant from Syracuse, who is sentenced to death in Ephesus for violating the city’s trade embargo. He recounts a tragic tale of how he became separated from his wife and their twin sons, who were also named Aantipholis and Dromio. The story unfolds with Egeon’s longing for his lost family, setting the stage for the ensuing confusions when his son, Antipholus of Syracuse, arrives in Ephesus, unaware of the existence of his identical twin, Antipholus of Ephesus. As the narrative progresses, we encounter several characters who add to the comedic complications, including the servants of both Antipholuses, each named Dromio. The opening portion of the play effectively establishes the foundational premise that drives the unfolding hilarity and chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.8 (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 139726 2025-08-01T12:41:09.298608 text/html 139543 2025-01-07T23:36:42.035415 text/html 114481 2025-08-01T12:41:14.521578 application/epub+zip 114944 2025-08-01T12:41:11.032565 application/epub+zip 114945 2025-08-01T12:41:09.921609 application/epub+zip 213384 2025-08-01T12:41:16.709568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199651 2025-08-01T12:41:13.885624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173017 2022-08-01T12:05:03.672077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108920 2025-08-01T12:41:08.996603 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 101635 2019-05-21T11:34:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40348 2019-05-21T11:35:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19156 2025-08-01T12:41:16.849558 application/rdf+xml 11445 2025-08-01T12:41:10.439568 image/jpeg 3005 2025-08-01T12:41:10.190594 image/jpeg 111982 2025-08-01T12:41:09.311580 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