Questions tagged [the-comedy-of-errors]
Questions about 'The Comedy of Errors', one of Shakespeare's early plays. It is a farcical comedy that involves two sets of identical twins. Use this tag with the [william-shakespeare] tag.
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"Marry, in her buttocks: I found it out by the bogs."
From The Comedy of Errors, Act III Scene II:
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE: No longer from head to foot than from hip to hip: she is spherical, like a globe; I could find out countries in her.
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Did Shakespeare err in using Ephesus as a port setting?
Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors is set in the town of Ephesus, which is apparently a seaport with ships within walking distance of where the action takes place:
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE:
Master,...
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