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The Comedy
of Errors
by
William Shakespeare
First performance at the
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon on 4th
August 1983. Transferred to the Barbican Theatre, London on
2nd May 1984.
Director: Adrian Noble
Assistant Director: Peter Clough
Designer: Ultz
Lighting: Robert Bryan
Music: Nigel Hess
Movement: Ben Benison
Company Voice Work: Cicely Berry and David Carey
Running time: approx. 135 mins
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Cast
(in
alphabetical order) |
Sheila Ballantine.....Aemelia,
an Abbess
Geoffrey Beevers.....Balthazar
Jane Booker.....Luciana, Adriana's sister
Selena Carey-Jones.....A Citizen
Paul Clayton.....An Officer
Frankie Cosgrave.....Luce, Adriana's maid
John Dicks.....Solinus, Duke of Ephesus; Dr Pinch, a
conjuror
Henry Goodman.....Dromio of Ephesus
Paul Greenwood.....Antipholus of Syracuse
Roger Hyams.....A Citizen
Timothy Kightley.....Angelo, a goldsmith
Peter McEnery.....Antipholus of Ephesus
Richard O'Callaghan.....Dromio of Syracuse
Joseph O'Conor.....Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse
Stanley Page.....A Merchant
Raymond Platt.....Another Merchant, to whom Angelo is in
debt
Doyle Richmond.....A Citizen
Graham Sinclair.....A Citizen
Zoë Wanamaker.....Adriana, wife of Antipholus of Ephesus
Emma Watson.....A Courtezan
Alexander Wilson.....A Citizen |
Production |
| When he and his
family were caught in a storm at sea, Aegeon, a merchant of
Syracuse, managed to save one of his twin sons and one of his
young servants, also twin brothers, but was separated from his
wife, Aemelia, and the other boys. Years later, Aegeon
travels to Ephesus, desperately seeking those he lost during the
tempest. Unbeknown to the old merchant, however, the twins
have also arrived there in search of their lost loved
ones. What follows, in one of Shakespeare's earliest
plays, is an ingenious comedy of mistaken
identity. |
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