ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Comedy of Errors, five-act comedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1589–94 and first published in the First Folio of 1623 from Shakespeare’s manuscript. It was based on Menaechmi by Plautus, with additional material from Plautus’s Amphitruo and the story of Apollonius of Tyre.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Comedy of Errors, five-act comedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1589–94 and first published in the First Folio of 1623 from Shakespeare’s manuscript.

Detailed explanation-3: -Set in the city of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors concerns the farcical misadventures of two sets of identical twins. Many years earlier, the Syracusan merchant Egeon had twin sons, both named Antipholus. At their birth, he bought another pair of newborn twins, both named Dromio, as their servants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Text and date Charles Whitworth argues that The Comedy of Errors was written “in the latter part of 1594” on the basis of historical records and textual similarities with other plays Shakespeare wrote around this time. The play was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623.

Detailed explanation-5: -/ˌkɑː.mə.di əv ˈer.ɚz/ literature specialized. a humorous play that involves people being mistaken for other people. a situation in which many mistakes are made: He said that attempts to deal with the oil spill had been a comedy of errors.