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The Comedy of Errors

Chapter 2: Dramatis Personæ
By William Shakespeare
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A farcical play follows two pairs of identical twins, separated in childhood and unknowingly reunited in the same city, where servants and masters share the same names. Rapid misrecognitions produce comic collisions: wrongful arrests, a jealous spouse, botched bargains, and an accused merchant facing execution. Scenes alternate between domestic and public confusion until identities are revealed and familial reunions resolve misunderstandings. The work blends slapstick and wordplay while exploring themes of identity, legal authority, and the fragile order of social relations when chance and resemblance overturn expectations.

Contents

ACT I
Scene I. A hall in the Duke’s palace
Scene II. A public place
ACT II
Scene I. A public place
Scene II. The same
ACT III
Scene I. The same
Scene II. The same
ACT IV
Scene I. The same
Scene II. The same
Scene III. The same
Scene IV. The same
ACT V
Scene I. The same

Dramatis Personæ

SOLINUS, Duke of Ephesus.
EGEON, a Merchant of Syracuse.

ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS, Twin brothers and sons to Egeon and
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE, Emilia, but unknown to each other.

DROMIO OF EPHESUS, Twin brothers, and attendants on
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE, the two Antipholuses.

BALTHASAR, a Merchant.
ANGELO, a Goldsmith.
A MERCHANT, friend to Antipholus of Syracuse.
PINCH, a Schoolmaster and a Conjurer.
EMILIA, Wife to Egeon, an Abbess at Ephesus.
ADRIANA, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus.
LUCIANA, her Sister.
LUCE, her Servant.
A COURTESAN
Messenger, Jailer, Officers, Attendants

SCENE: Ephesus