| Description |
79 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Series |
The Pelican Shakespeare |
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Pelican Shakespeare.
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| Contents |
Publisher's note -- The theatrical world -- The texts of Shakespeare -- Introduction -- Note on the text -- The comedy of errors |
| Summary |
Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse, is arrested in Ephesus. Aegeon tells Solinus, the Duke of Ephesus, his tale: he was shipwrecked many years ago while sailing with his wife, Aemilia, and two pairs of identical twins--their twin sons, both named Antipholus, and twin servants, both named Dromio. In the course of the storm, his wife, one of their sons, and one their servants, were lost. At eighteen, Aegeon had allowed the remaining Antipholus and Dromio to leave Syracuse for Ephesus to search for their long-lost twins, at which point both of them had disappeared as well. After five years, Aegeon had come to Ephesus to find them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Survival -- Drama.
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Shipwreck victims -- Drama.
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Mistaken identity -- Drama.
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Brothers -- Drama.
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Twins -- Drama.
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Humorous plays.
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115273
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| Genre/Form |
Comedies.
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Drama.
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Comedies.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Dolan, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1960-
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| LC no. |
00503592 |
| ISBN |
014071474X |
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