Comedy Errors Play

The Comedy of Error is one of Shakespeare’s earliest pieces. Although the story itself seems to be a farcical comedy, a physical comedy without a deep meaning, his language makes every character to be vivid, and grants each of these characters a different personality, and reflects the relationship between different characters. His language creates an environment that the characters are not merely people on the stage, but actual human being in front of the audience in everyday life. Another element that makes his audience to care about the characters is the relativity the audience with the story. Here are the reasons to the statement above.

Blanche McIntyre’s production of The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare’s Globe successfully manages to translate the amusing source material from the page into the entertaining, and at times sidesplitting, show on the stage. The piece takes a few minor liberties like Dromio’s attempt to bring down the wash before the play, the addition of songs, changing Aegeon’s thousand-mark ransom to one hundred marks, and the inclusion of a balcony scene outside of Antipholus of Ephesus’ house. However, McIntyre’s interpretation remains overall loyal to the comedy in a way that is able to encapsulate the humor without losing site of the broken family being unwittingly reunited across sea and time, one blunder after another.

Personally speaking, I prefer the movie to the play. Granted, the play may have deep, underlying meanings, but to me, it wasn 't very moving or emotional. The additions made in the movie help to more clearly define the roles of good and evil, and play on the hidden feelings people have. I think most of the additions, if not all, were appropriately made and were quite successful. I enjoyed both the movie and our reading of the play very much, but again, I would have to say that I prefer the

Roland Barthes has said, “Literature is the question minus the answer.” This pretty much means that it raises questions that it doesn’t always answer; it leaves us to think larger about themes and issues. In The Comedy of Errors the play questions how strong is the power of love with family. The multiple problems people go through in this play help us understand that humans can suffer without a loving and stable family. In Shakespeare’s view he’s saying how family matters in this play and what they go through to find their family again is meaningful, people will do anything to find their family again. Egeon, Antipholus of Syrcause and Aemilia want to find their family again. The tragedy, isolation and misunderstandings the characters go

     The Comedy of Errors has often been dismissed as a mere farce, unworthy of any serious attention. Yet, when the author is Shakespeare, even a "farce" is well worth a second look. Shakespeare himself may have takent his comedic work quite seriously, for audiences expected comedy of his day not only to entertain, but also to morally instruct. It is not surprising, therefore, that for one of his earliest comedies, Shakespeare found a model in the plays of Plautus and Terence, which were studied in all Elizabethan Grammar Schools, praised by schoolmasters, and critically respectable. (Muir 3)

    All is not as it seems in The Comedy of Errors.  Some have the notion that The Comedy of Errors is a classical and relatively un-Shakespearean play. The plot is, in fact, based largely on Plautus's Menaechmi, a light-hearted comedy in which twins are mistaken for each other. Shakespeare's addition of twin servants is borrowed from Amphitruo, another play by Plautus. Like its classical predecessors, The Comedy of Errors mixes farce and satire and (to a degree) presents us with stock characters.

The genre of William Shakespeare’s most performed play has been debated for a long time: is it a comedy or a tragedy? The play has elements of both genres, but one is clearly prevalent. While the story hits upon the tragic element of despair, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, is a comedy because lovers are separated, characters are in disguise, and the story has a happy ending.

I will be honest with you I had a lot of trouble enjoying the play, like I said the dialect gave me trouble, plus my seats were not that great. I did however like the movie quite a bit, but I realize I am a product of a different generation as well. I have been brought up around TV and movies rather than plays

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is a comedic live performance improv show and a parody of the works of William Shakespeare, performed by The Reduced Shakespeare Company. The first performance of this comedic improv play was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (United Kingdom), in 1987. The play was written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. The three writers wrote the parody as a three man act. The actors that played these roles were Adam Long, Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor.

In The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare raises many questions throughout the play. There are some we figure out and there are some that are left for us to figure out ourselves. Shakespeare, throughout the play made me wonder what he was trying to answer, which did somewhat affect any understanding of the work as a

The overall production helped clarify the plot of the story for me and gave me more clarity for concepts I did not fully grasp. Certain scenes I did not understand as well while reading such as the scene when Benedict is hiding from Leonato and Pedro was confusing as I read it, but seeing it be performed helped me see how the scene worked and also the comedic elements in the scene. I also struggled to understand that Beatrice and Benedict’s friends were tricking them into liking one another. I struggled understanding the deception that takes place in the story such as the scene in which Don Pedro discussed tricking Hero into falling in love with Claudio in Act one, Scene one:

This play is one of Shakespeare’s finest. One of the main characters, lost all, and is sentenced to death. Having bestowed from agony and torture, he is lost throughout confusion, and hostile deeds. The Comedy of Errors is an amusing play, with many humorous moments willfully incorporated from time to time.

Shakespeare didn't have lights, or fog machines or expensive stage set ups. He didn't have women to act for him. This is what makes him so great. He was able to put on an entertaining show for people that made sense. He was able to make it so people would want to come and see his shows. Shakespeare kept the people coming back to his shows which was very rough considering the circumstances he had to deal with. He had to teach the actors their parts in only a matter of days and they had to

In his play, The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare uses comedy to both entertain the audience while adding a whole new dimension of sarcasm to his play.  The Comedy of Errors follows the story of long lost twin, Antipholus of Syracuse, in his search for his twin, Antipholus of Ephesus. When he stops in Ephesus, Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, receive special treatment as they are confused for their counterparts. This dynamic allows for a hysterical play. At one point, Dromio of Syracuse assumes the role of Dromio of Ephesus while guarding the gate as the family is eating. Dromio of Syracuse states “Mome, malt-horse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch! / Either get thee from the door or sit down at the / hatch”

I quite enjoyed this type of theater, As well as the overall production. I found the setting and and the intensity of the actors jump of the screen so to speak. I found nothing to anger me even being a woman who has been scorned. I felt sorry for Medea and connected to her pain and anguish. Although the Greek women were there to condole her and up lift her, they did not work for me. The over all acting was captivating and held my attention.  I wanted to pause and o do something else but I found myself watching to the end.