The Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare • BookLikes (ISBN:001270430X)

The Comedy of Errors

by: William Shakespeare (author)

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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... show more

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Format: ebook

ISBN: 2940012704306 (001270430X)

Publish date: October 1st 2010

Publisher: Baxter St.

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Humor, Comedy, Academic, School, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Plays, Drama, Theatre, Poetry

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Julian Meynell's Books rated it

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http://julianmeynell.booklikes.com Julian Meynell's Books 3.5 Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors

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This is very, very early Shakespeare and it shows. The plot is that two pairs of twins have been separated at birth, with one being the master and one being the servant from each pair. Each twin has the same name as the other, so we have two servants named Dromio and two masters named Antipholus. ...

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Well-Lucubrated rated it

12 years ago

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Cute.I don't often use this word to describe something I've read, but I think it's acceptable to use The Comedy of Errors. It's not the strongest play of Shakespeare's that I've read, but that's understandable as it is apparently one of his earliest. And of course, occupying the middle ground in Bil...

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I'm Reading... rated it

12 years ago

http://nadynen.booklikes.com I'm Reading... 3.0 The Comedy of Errors

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I listened to another one of Shakespeare plays, recorded by Librivox. It was a short comedy about the errors and misunderstandings that arise out of the fact that two pairs of twins are in one town without anyone knowing. Synopsis (Wikipedia):Due to a law forbidding the presence of Syracusian mer...

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ayanami rated it

13 years ago

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A play with a hilariously absurd premise-- two sets of twins separated at birth, each twin with the same name as his brother. Lots of mistaken identities and confusion. This is probably funnier performed than read as a lot of the humour is slapstick.

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DaringPeg rated it

13 years ago

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A very humorous read, though one occasionally misses jokes due to the changes in language which have occurred over time. overall however all may find humor in this play and its various adaptations to the theater and film.

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