Sofa Spotlight - The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare

Yet another of Shakespeare’s plays bites the dust. And this one I think would have been great if I could have bought into it. But I just didn’t find it that believable, and maybe the point is that you shouldn’t find it believable. If that’s the case it really was lost on me.

So the plot revolves around two sets of twins who don’t know that their corresponding twin exists. And just to add to the confusion they have the same name. So there is Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse and they each have a servant called Dromio and their servants are also, unknowingly, twins. The fun really starts when Antipholus of Syracuse shows up in Ephesus and then there’s loads of mistaken identity and everyone gets mad at each other and the Dromio brothers definitely get the short end of the deal. Of course it all gets sorted out in the end but it’s a bit of a farce, which is probably the point.

It comes in as one of the shortest plays Shakespeare wrote and all this drama takes place in just one day. Think I would recommend a read just for fun.