The Comedy of Errors (1987)

Two identical twins and their two servants (also identical twins) are separated in a ship-wreck. When, years later, they all show up in the same town, mistaken identities abound.

Director:

Robert Woodruff

Writers:

Titus Maccius Plautus (play), William Shakespeare (play)

Stars:

Karla Burns, Ethyl Eichelberger, Avner Eisenberg

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karla Burns	...	Duke of Ephesus / Luce
Ethyl Eichelberger	...	Emilia / Courtesan
Avner Eisenberg	...	The Janitor / Dr. Pinch
Sophie Hayden	...	Adriana
Gina Leishman	...	Luciana
Derique McGee	...	Citizen
Wendy Parkman	...	Citizen
Rosalinda Rojas	...	Citizen
Alec Willows	...	Angelo / Second Merchant
Timothy Daniel Furst	...	William Shakespeare
Paul David Magid	...	Antipholus of Syracuse
Randy Nelson	...	Dromio of Ephesus
Howard Jay Patterson	...	Antipholus of Ephesus
Samuel Ross Williams	...	Dromio of Syracuse
Steven Bernstein	...	Kamikaze Ground Crew

Storyline

Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will instantly put to death any Syracusean found within their borders unless a ransom's paid. Meanwhile, the son, Antipholus, and his servant, Dromio (also an identical twin), keep running into strangers who seem to know them...

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Plot Keywords:

shakespeare's the comedy of errors | based on play | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1987 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Goodman Theater originally produced this version of The Comedy of Errors with the Flying Karamozov Brothers and Avner the Eccentric in Chicago in 1983 and at the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival in 1984.

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Goofs

In the finale, when everyone is juggling and after the xylophone has been rolled out, on the right side of the stage one of the jugglers drops her clubs and picks them up.

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Quotes

Dromio of Syracuse: [talking about Luce, the kitchen wench] She sweats! A man may go o'er-shoes in the grime of it!
Antipholus of Syracuse: Oh, yucky poo-poo!

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Connections

Version of Komödie der Irrungen (1968)

User Reviews

I thought I'd only imagined it!

I recall having seen this MANY years ago...no one else seems to have seen this in my circle of friends and family. I had nearly convinced myself that this wonderfully bizarre program had never been. At a certain point in time, my friends actually refused to believe that LIVE from LINCOLN CENTER would even produce something that sounded so outlandish. The fact that it has hung in my memory for over 20 years is testament to the power of its comedy. That and the fact I was an impressionable young girl could have something to do with it. I, too, would dearly love a copy of this performance. I have contacted the official site of the Flying Karamazov Brothers and, hopefully, I will have some answer as to video/DVD availability