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Step inside an absurd carnival for a 'fantastically, artfully odd' (The Guardian) take on Shakespeare’s vicious comedy in the Globe Theatre, directed by Jude Christian.
Jun 25, 2015 · Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: The Comedy of Errors: Directed by Blanche McIntyre. With Simon Harrison, Matthew Needham, Brodie Ross, Jamie Wilkes. 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.
In Shakespeare’s uproarious comedy of mistaken identity, mayhem, and misunderstandings, two twin brothers and their twin servants are separated from each other and embark on a riotous search to find their other halves.
Feb 2, 2024 · Globe associate artistic director Sean Holmes offers a lean, thoughtful, funny take on Shakespeare’s dumbest comedy
Jun 1, 2023 · The Globe takes on a nautical flair for Sean Holmes’s highly enjoyable staging of The Comedy of Errors. A ship’s bowsprit juts out from the theatre’s upper gallery, jetties reach into the...
May 20, 2023 · An interpolated brawling scene of pure slapstick that sees the locals fighting with fists, swords and chairs, seeks to establish Ephesus’s reputation as a raucous port famous for thieving and deception, but it feels too laboured and isolated from the rest of the action. Plot is all, rather than characterisation.
Read our four-star review of the classical play The Comedy of Errors, currently in performances in London at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre through 29 July.
