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This is the 8th Shakespeare play I've read as part of #UpstartCrows2023 readalong.
The Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare's shortest play, but one filled with all the usual confusion of mistaken identity, long lost family/siblings, shrewish wives and mouthy servants, that is often found in Shakespeare's comedies.
I should maybe hold off reviewing this until I've seen a production of it. I didn't love it and it may be the case that something is lost in just reading it and not seeing it performed.
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The Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare's shortest play, but one filled with all the usual confusion of mistaken identity, long lost family/siblings, shrewish wives and mouthy servants, that is often found in Shakespeare's comedies.
I should maybe hold off reviewing this until I've seen a production of it. I didn't love it and it may be the case that something is lost in just reading it and not seeing it performed.
The p ...more
The plot of mistaken identity of two pairs of twins was IMO quite heavy handed here by the Bard. Not my favourite.
Jan 15, 2017
Rodrigo Gomes
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