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- Written between 1592 and 1594
- Primary source: Menaechmi and Amphitruo - Plautus
- Not published until First Folio in 1623
- Shortest of Shakespeare's plays
- First performance: Dec. 28, 1594 - Gray's Inn Hall
- Ran for 65 performances on Broadway in 1987
- Antipholus of Ephesus
- Antipholus of Syracuse
- Dromio of Ephesus
- Dromio of Syracuse
- Every why hath a wherefore.
- A wretched soul, bruised with adversity.
- Let's go hand in hand, not one before another.
- Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
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The Comedy of Errors Questions
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The Comedy of Errors in TV and Films
- Note: These links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1921: A Comedy of Errors (Silent)
- 1949: Kraft Television Theatre: The Comedy of Errors
- 1954: BBC Sunday Night Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (TV) (Joan Plowright)
- 1964: Festival: The Comedy of Errors (TV)
- 1978: The Comedy of Errors (TV) (Judi Dench)
- 2000: The Comedy of Errors
- 2008: The Comedie of Errors
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The Comedy of Errors Inspired Film and Television
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1907: The Wrong Flat (Silent)
- 1940: The Boys from Syracuse
- 1970: Start the Revolution Without Me (Gene Wilder) (Donald Sutherland)
- 1986: The Boys from Syracuse (TV)
- 1988: Big Business (Bette Midler) (Lily Tomlin)




