About the Book: The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors, in five-acts, is one of the shortest and most lively of
Shakespeares comedies. It was written during 1589 and mdash;94 and first
published in the First Folio of 1623 from Shakespeares manuscript. It is based
on Menaechmi by Plautus, with additional material from Plautus Amphitruo (or
Amphitryon) and the story of and ldquo;Apollonius of Tyre and rdquo;. Its comic
confusions derive from the presence of twin brothers, unknown to each other, in
the same town. It engages the audience in puns, pranks and slapstick humor; and
its twists of plot provide suspense, surprise, expectation and