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.

Double trouble in classic comedy

ROBBIE Hennessy, trainer of Sublimity, who finished third behind Solwhit in the Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle on Sunday, believes better ground could bring the pair closer together and give the 2007 Champion a fighting chance of emulating Comedy Of Errors, the only horse to win back the title.

Sublimity 'could regain crown on good ground'

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.