
The Comedy of Errors
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Year: 2014
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'If she lives till doomsday, she'll burn a week longer than the whole world.'
Basing his plot on a farce by Plautus, Shakespeare caps the mayhem of his Roman original to build up a hectic tale of violent cross-purposes, furious slapstick and social nightmare.
This production employed Renaissance costumes and staging.
Synopsis
Take one pair of estranged twin brothers (both called Antipholus), and one pair of estranged twin servants (both called Dromio), keep them in ignorance of each other and throw them into a city with a reputation for sorcery, and you have all the ingredients for theatrical chaos.
One Antipholus is astonished by his foreign hospitality; the other enraged by the hostility of his home town. The Dromios, caught between the two, are soundly beaten for obeying all the wrong orders.
Running time: 132 mins
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Creative
Director:
Blanche McIntyreComposer:
Olly FoxDesigner:
James CotterillDirected for the screen:
Ross MacGibbonCast
Adriana:
Hattie LadburyAntipholus of Syracuse:
Simon HarrisonPinch/First Merchant:
Stefan AdegbolaGaoler/Officer/Headsman:
Andy ApolloAngelo:
Paul BrendanAemilia, the Abbess:
Linda BroughtonBalthasar/ Second Merchant:
Gershwyn Eustache JrLuciana:
Becci GemmellSolinus:
Peter Hamilton DyerCourtesan:
Emma JerroldEgeon:
James LaurensonAntipholus of Ephesus:
Matthew NeedhamLuce/ Messenger:
Anne OdekeDromio of Syracuse:
Brodie RossDromio of Ephesus:
Jamie Wilkes -
What you have to say
Randi Anderson @TheRandersonian
Went out tonight to see THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, as filmed at @The_Globe. It was brilliant! I've never laughed so hard at a Shakespeare play.
Harry Boyd @ThatBoydGuy
@The_Globe MASSIVE congrats to cast of 'The Comedy of Errors' I've never laughed so hard in my life! Absolutely first class!
Ellie Jug @ellsouth
The Comedy of Errors was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. Absolutely amazing! @The_Globe
Laurel Lefkow @laurellefkow
The Comedy of Errors at The Globe- what a joyous production. All ages laughing together- superb.
Jamie Hoskin @JamieHoskin
'The Comedy of Errors' @The_Globe yesterday - Hilarious & utter quality. 4th time to see the play, but 1st production to keep me hooked!
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