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Comedy of Errors, The

Comedy of Errors, The

two pairs of identical twins wreak social havoc in Ephesus. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors]
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The modern sitcom has its roots in classical drama and Shakespeare referenced these same texts for The Comedy of Errors, the shortest of his plays.
Staging the Gaze also offers a series of methodologically agile close readings of A Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night.
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