THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Propeller Shakespeare
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Edited by Edward Hall and Roger Warren
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Contents
Farce and Humanity: The Comedy of Errors
Designing The Comedy of Errors
Propeller’s The Comedy of Errors was first performed at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, on 19 January 2011, with the following cast:
The DUKE of Ephesus Richard Clothier
AEGEON, a merchant of Syracuse John Dougall
| ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE |
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his twin sons | Dugald Bruce-Lockhart |
| ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS | Sam Swainsbury |
| DROMIO OF SYRACUSE |
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their twin servants | Richard Frame |
| DROMIO OF EPHESUS | Jon Trenchard |
ADRIANA, wife of Antipholus of Ephesus Robert Hands
LUCIANA, her sister David Newman
BALTHASAR, a merchant Wayne Cater
ANGELO, a goldsmith Thomas Padden
NELL, the kitchen-maid Chris Myles
OFFICER Dominic Tighe
COURTESAN Kelsey Brookfield
PINCH, an exorcist Tony Bell
AEMILIA, the Lady Abbess Chris Myles
Other parts played by members of the Company.
It was subsequently performed at:
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Theatre Royal, Norwich
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
The Lowry, Salford
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
The Power Center, Ann Arbour, Michigan
Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Madrid Festival, Teatro del Canal
Huntington Theater Company, Boston
Hampstead Theatre, London
Neuss Festival, Germany
Galway Arts Festival
The tour was presented in association with the Touring Partnership, funded by the Arts Council of England, and sponsored by Coutts & Co.
Propeller’s The Comedy of Errors was subsequently revived at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield on 23 January 2014 with the following cast:
The DUKE of Ephesus Dominic Gerrard
AEGEON, a merchant of Syracuse Chris Myles
| ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE |
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his twins sons | Dan Wheeler |
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ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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