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THE WORKS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

EDITED BY

WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A.

FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;

and JOHN GLOVER, M.A.

LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOLUME I.

Cambridge and London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1863.

	Dramatis Personæ
Act I	Scene 1	A hall in the Duke’s palace.
	Scene 2	The Mart.
Act II	Scene 1	The house of Antipholus of Ephesus.
	Scene 2	A public place.
Act III	Scene 1	Before the house of Antipholus of Ephesus.
	Scene 2	The same.
Act IV	Scene 1	A public place.
	Scene 2	The house of Antipholus of Ephesus.
	Scene 3	A public place.
	Scene 4	A street.
Act V	Scene 1	A street before a Priory.
	Endnotes
	Critical Apparatus (“Linenotes”)
	Texts Used (from general preface)

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.1

Solinus2, duke of Ephesus.

Ægeon, a merchant of Syracuse.

Antipholus3 of Ephesus	twin brothers, and sons to Ægeon and Æmilia.
Antipholus of Syracuse,

Dromio of Ephesus	twin brothers, and attendants on the two Antipholuses.
Dromio of Syracuse,

Balthazar, a merchant.

Angelo, a goldsmith.

First Merchant, friend to Antipholus of Syracuse.

Second Merchant, to whom Angelo is a debtor.

Pinch, a schoolmaster.

Æmilia, wife to Ægeon, an abbess at Ephesus.

Adriana, wife to Antipholus of Ephesus.

Luciana, her sister.

Luce, servant to Adriana.

A Courtezan.

Gaoler, Officers, and other Attendants.

Scene—Ephesus.

1. Dramatis Personæ first given by Rowe.

2. Solinus] See note (I).

3. Antipholus] See note (I).

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