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- Set in the city of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors concerns the farcical misadventures of two sets of identical twins. Many years earlier, the Syracusan merchant Egeon had twin sons, both named Antipholus. At their birth, he bought another pair of newborn twins, both named Dromio, as their servants.
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Antipholus of Syracuse. The twin brother of Antipholus of Ephesus and the son of Egeon; he has been traveling the world with his slave, Dromio of Syracuse, trying to find his long-lost brother and mother.
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After both being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his slave Dromio go to Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins lives in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a series of incidents of mistaken identity.
His master, Antipholus of Ephesus, is an established citizen with a reputation to uphold and Dromio is used to a getting a beating. He is also beaten by Adriana, being caught in the middle of an unhappy marriage.
[ 1 ] Set in the Greek city of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins who were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus.
Dromio went with Antipholus to Ephesus and has worked for him all his life. He is married to Antipholus’ kitchen maid, Nell. His life is one of servitude, trying to please his difficult master and getting regular beatings.
Two identical twins bearing the same name, Antipholus--and their servants, also identical twins sharing the name Dromio--are separated. Naturally, confusion ensues when Antipholus and Dromio of Ephesus make landfall in Syracuse, a city which the other Antipholus and Dromio call home.
Dromio of Syracuse is Antiopholus of Syracuse’s slave. Read more … Balthazar is a merchant of Ephesus and a friend of the local Antipholus. Read more … Angelo is a goldsmith in Syracuse, the maker of a fine gold chain commissioned by Antipholus of Ephesus. Read more … First Merchant.
