The Chesil Theatre, Winchester, presents:

Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare. Directed by Sarah Hawkins

18th - 23rd May 2009 at 7.45pm. Matinée 23rd May at 2.30pm

From Tuesday 28th April  any remaining tickets will be available only from: Theatre Royal Winchester Box Office 01962 840440 (credit card subject to additional charge).

This much-loved piece of Shakespearean whimsy exploits to the full the potential for comedy of identical twins – there are two pairs here, parted at birth and accidentally brought together in Ephesus.

For this production we have sited “Ephesus” somewhere in South-East Asia in the colonial ’20s to recreate the buzz of a foreign port with its masters and servants, merchants, prostitutes and quacks.

Tightly-constructed and fast-paced, it’s Shakespeare’s lightest, shortest play. Just fun!

 Shakespearian farce: mistaken identities, mishap and mayhem, marriage and mistresses, melodrama and mischief …

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