The Signet Classics edition of one of Shakespeare's early works, 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 in hilarious comedy.
This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes:
• An overview of William Shakespeare’s life, world, and theater
• A special introduction to the play by the editor, Harry Levin
• A note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived The Comedy of Errors—Plautus’s Menaechmi
• Dramatic criticism from August Wilhelm Schlegel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and others
• A stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of The Comedy of Errors
• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format
• Recommended readings
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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, and was baptised on 26 April 1564. His father was a glove maker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a well-to-do local land owner. Shakespeare was probably educated in Stratford's grammar school. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway, and the couple had a daughter t
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