Comedy of Errors

Shakespeare's dextrous comedy of two twin masters and two twin servants continually mistaken for one another is both farce and more than farce. <i>The Comedy of Errors</i> examines the interplay between personal and commercial relationships and the breakdown of social order that follows the disruption of identity. As well as detailed on-page commentary notes this new edition has a long illustrated introduction exploring the play's performance and crtitical history as well as its place in the comic tradition from Classical to modern times.