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Comedies of William Shakespeare: The Comedy Of Errors

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Ranald, Margaret
Affiliation: Department Of English, Queens College

The Comedy Of Errors

The Play:

The Comedy of Errors is one of the few plays of Shakespeare which deals
almost entirely with middle-class characters. It is also one of Shakespeare's
earliest pieces, although we may not have it in its original form, and it is
usually dated 1592-93. The play does not concern itself much with the study of
character, except, in small measure, with that of Adriana, who does develop in
the course of the play. On the whole, the play is a farce ...

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