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The Comedy of Errors
By William ShakespeareNarrated by a full cast, Susan Iannucci, Gary MacFadden, Aisling Gray, P. J. Morgan, David Shears, Kendra Murray, Blaise Doran, Claudia Anglade, Dara BrownLength1h 45m
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Mistaken identity (which the Elizabethans called “Error”) is nearly always amusing, whether on the stage or in actual life. The Comedy of Errors is a play in which this situation is developed to the extreme of improbability – but we lose sight of this improbability in the roaring fun which results. Nowadays we should call a play of this type a farce, since most of the fun comes from situations which are improbable and the play depends on these for success, rather than on characterization or dialogue. Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors draws on a much older play, Menaechmi, written by the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 B.C.).
A merchant of Syracuse has twin sons and buys twin servants for them. His wife, with one twin and one servant, is soon separated from him by a shipwreck, and comes to live in Ephesus. When grown, the other son and his slave start out to find their brothers, and the father, some years later, starts out in turn to find them. Once in Ephesus, an amusing series of errors begins. The wife takes the wrong twin for her husband, the master beats the wrong slave, the wrong son disowns his father, the twin at Ephesus is arrested instead of his brother, and the twin slave Dromio of Syracuse is claimed as a husband by a black kitchen girl of Ephesus. The situation gets more and more mixed, until at last the real identity of the strangers from Syracuse is established, and all ends happily.
Featuring the voices of Susan Iannucci, Gary MacFadden, David Shears, Dara Brown, Blaise Doran, Aisling Gray, Claudia Anglade, Kendra Murray and P.J. Morgan
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length1 hr 45 mins
Narrated bya full cast, Susan Iannucci, Gary MacFadden, Aisling Gray, P. J. Morgan, David Shears, Kendra Murray, Blaise Doran, Claudia Anglade, Dara Brown
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 13, 2024
LanguageEnglish
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