The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Folger Shakespeare Library

, n.d.

Overview

Set in the city of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors concerns the farcical misadventures of two sets of identical twins. Many years earlier, the Syracusan merchant Egeon had twin sons, both named Antipholus. At their birth, he bought another pair of newborn twins, both named Dromio, as their servants. In a shipwreck, Egeon lost his wife, one of his sons, and one of the Dromios.

Product Details

• Title: The Comedy of Errors
• Author: William Shakespeare
• Publisher: Folger Shakespeare Library
• Print Publication Date: n.d.
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Poetry, English; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Resource ID: LLS:CMDYERROR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T17:41:15Z

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems.