The door is locked and Dromio of Syracuse refuses to let him in. Dromio is put on guard of the house with orders not to let anyone in.Īntifolius from Ephesus returns home in the company of Angel and Belshazzar, the goldsmith invited to the supper. The antifollus forced by both women allows himself to be invited to the feast, although he is convinced that he is dealing with witchcraft. Dromio denies everything for what he takes your punishment for. Antifollus of Syracuse makes sure that his purse is safe, and on meeting his servant, he asks what his strange behavior was supposed to mean. Dromio comes from Ephesus and informs the lady that his master says that he has no wife and does not intend to come for any dinner. Suspecting witchcraft, Antifolus decides to leave Ephesus as soon as possible.Īdriana complains to her sister Luciana of her husband's ingratitude and instability. A moment later, he meets his twin brother, his brother's servant, who knows nothing about any purse, and summons him to the house under the phoenix, where his wife has long been waiting with dinner. After disembarking from the ship, he sends his servant, Dromia, with a pouch of money to the inn. Affected, the prince, unable to change the sentence, postponed its execution until evening to give Egeon time to collect the ransom.Īntifolus, son of Egeon, upon his arrival in Ephesus, instructed by a kind merchant, claims to be an Epidamnai. After turning 18, five years ago, the son went in search of his missing brother, and he also decided to visit all known ports to find the missing. His wife was saved by a Corinthian ship, his son and one of the boys bought by the ship from Epidaurus. On the return journey to Syracuse, a storm damaged their ship and separated the spouses and twins. Years ago, his wife bore him two boys in Epidamnum, and he bought from a poor woman twins who were born that day in the same inn. Captured, he is sentenced to death, according to the laws of any Syracusan who would stand in the land of Ephesus. Second Ephesus merchant to whom Angelo owesĪ merchant from Syracuse, Egeon, calls at the port of Ephesus in search of his missing son. It was not published before the First Folio (1623).Īntipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse, twins, sons of Egeon and Emiliaĭromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse, twins The play was staged on December 28, 1594, then exactly ten years later, on December 28, 1604, by Lord Chamberlain's Men. The story of Egeon and Emilia comes from Apollonius of Tire, a popular medieval story on which Pericles, Prince of Tire, is also based in part. The heroes, like Plautus, come from Syracuse, but the plot was moved by the English playwright from Epidamnum to the more famous Ephesus. From it, Shakespeare borrowed the plot of twins who were constantly mistaken for each other. The piece was written based on the comedy by Plautus Menaechmi. Comedy of Errors - a farce by William Shakespeare, written between 15.
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