William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

Overview

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS is an early Shakespearean farce, likely written around 1592. Set in Ephesus in ancient Greece, the plot follows the lives of two sets of identical twins separated at birth. Their unwitting interaction and that of their friends and family is followed with hilarious and ridiculous outcomes.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016488431
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	04/12/2013
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	402 KB

About the Author

Widely esteemed as the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an actor and theatrical producer in addition to writing plays and sonnets. Dubbed "The Bard of Avon," Shakespeare oversaw the building of the Globe Theatre in London, where a number of his plays were staged, the best-known of which include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. The First Folio, a printed book of 36 of his comedies, tragedies, and history plays, was published in 1623.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom