Read Comedy of Errors - Online
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Join us for a read-through of this hilarious early SHK play where the ‘errors’ centre on mistaken identity amongst two pairs of twins. But keep in mind also the more obscure, archaic sense of ‘error’ (as in ‘knight-errant’) – a wanderer, a traveller. Two Syracusans ‘err’ their way to Ephesus. And things then get messy, real messy! The shortest play in the canon, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS ranks as one of the only two (THE TEMPEST being the other one) that obey the old Greek dramatic formula of ‘the three unities’ – one story arc that happens in a single place in a single day.
RSVPs open 1 PM PST/4 PM EST on Saturday 11 October. The role charts are already posted, so you can be looking them over even before RSVPs open.
Once you have RSVPed & received from MEETUP the automated ‘you’re going’ message, please then message the Event Host DIRECTLY with your preferred role choices (at least three); I will assign on a first-come, first-served basis. Even if you have no role preference, please message me anyway & let me know.
Our group’s STRONGLY preferred text for the play is the Folger edition (updated 2020). Here is the link:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/the-comedy-of-errors/read/
Event Host: Bruce
ZOOM host: Teresa
Facilitator: HEW