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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
By
William Shakespeare
(written about 1591)
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
SOLINUS: Duke of Ephesus. (DUKE SOLINUS:)
ÆGEON: a merchant of Syracuse.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS & ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRA-
CUSE: twin brothers, and sons to AEgeon and AEmilia.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS & DROMIO OF SYRACUSE: twin
brothers, and attendants on the two Antipholuses.
BALTHAZAR: a merchant
ANGELO: a goldsmith.
First Merchant: friend to Antipholus of Syracuse.
Second Merchant: to whom Angelo is a debtor.
PINCH: a schoolmaster.
AEMILIA: wife to AEgeon, an abbess at Ephesus.
ADRIANA: wife to Antipholus of Ephesus.
LUCIANA: her sister.
LUCE: servant to Adriana.
A Courtezan.
Gaoler, Officers, and other Attendants
(Gaoler:)
(Officer:)
(Servant:)
SCENE: Ephesus.
ACT I
SCENE I: A hall in DUKE SOLINUS’S palace.
[Enter DUKE SOLINUS, ÆGEON, Gaoler, Officers, and other
Attendants.]
ÆGEON: Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall
And