Comedy of Errors

Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays, but it is wrong to think of it as an apprentice work. It was first printed in the First Folio in 1623, and the earliest known performance is recorded to have been at Gray's Inn, one of London's law schools, on December 28th, 1594. However, thematic resemblances to other plays have led many scholars to believe that it was written years earlier than this performance.

For me as the story starts it is so confusing because there are two sets of twins. The twin of Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse constitute the first set of twins while Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse constitute the second set of twins. It becomes more confusing when Antipholus of Syracuse came to Ephesus. Each one of them doesn’t know if they are talking the right person. Even the wives were very confused. But as the story ends we can get one important lesson which is “A small mistake can result into a larger mistake”.

This story is really an interesting one. I would recommend this to others and I’m sure that they will also enjoy reading or watching this piece.