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The Comedy Of Errors (1999)
directed by Kathryn Hunter
One of these men is genius to the other: And so of these, which is the natural man, And which the spirit?
5.1.334-336
The city of Ephesus, a cult centre of the goddess Diana, with a bad reputation for pagan magic, has inflexible laws about immigrants. When a strager searching for his lost family and servants is sentenced to death, the goddess fortune plays her part, reuniting the scattered family and restoring the battered self.
As Sir Philip Sidney wrote, comedy:
"is an imitation of the common errors of our life," which the dramatist represents "in the most ridiculous and scornful sort that may be, so as it is impossible that any beholder can be content to be such a one."
Creative Team
Master of Play: Kathryn Hunter
Master of Design: Liz Cooke
Master of Music: Mia Soteriou
Choreography: Feride Baycan
Cast
Martin Turner - Duke Solinus
Robert Pickavance - Egeon
Leader Hawkins - Headsman/Gaoler
Vincenzo Nicoli - Antipholus of Syracuse/Antipholus of Ephesus
Marcello Magni - Dromio of Syracuse/Dromio of Ephesus
Jan Knightley - First Merchant/Servant
Jules Melvin - Luciana
Yolanda Vazquez - Adriana
Terence McGinity - Balthazar/Second Merchant
Harry Gostelow - Dr Pinch
Paul Chahidi - Angelo
Philippa Stanton - Luce/Courtesan
Richard Trahair - Servant
Avril Clark - Abbess/Emilia
Discover the Play
• Discover other productions of The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare's Globe:
- 2006 production of The Comedy of Errors
- 2009 production of The Comedy of Errors
• Discover the actors' experiences making the production in Adopt An Actor:
- Yolanda Vazquez as Adriana
- Paul Chahidi as Angelo
- Vincenzo Nicoli as Antipholus of Syracuse/Antipholus of Ephesus
- Marcello Magni as Dromio of Syracuse/Dromio of Ephesus
- Jules Melvin as Luciana
