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Line 1: '''The Comedy of Errors''' is an early play by [[William Shakespeare]]. It is his shortest play, and one of his most [[farce\|farcical]]: while some of its humor derives from [[puns]] and [[wordplay]], a large part comes from [[slapstick]] and mistaken identity. The plot is based on [[Roman Empire\|Roman]] comedy: the ''Menaechmi'', and to a smaller extent, the ''Amphitruo'', of [[Plautus]]. It concerns ~~two sets of~~the [[twins]], Antipholus of [[Ephesus]] (in [[Asia Minor]]) and Antipholus of Syracuse (in [[Sicily]]), and their respective twin servants, Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse. When they all end up in the same place at the same time, or each appears in a different place at an inconvenient time, the "errors" of mistaken identity give rise to a number of humorous situations. William Warner's translation of the ''Menaechmi'' was entered in the Stationers' Register on June 10, [[1594]]. A performance of ''The Comedy of Errors'' by "a company of base and common fellows" is recorded in the ''Gesta Grayorum'' (Gray's Inn Guestbook) as taking place in [[Gray's Inn]] hall on December 28, 1594. The play contains a topical reference to the wars of succession in [[France]] which would fit any date from [[1589]] to [[1594]]. ==The Plot==

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