Comedy of Errors 

  Kids Acedemy 2018

"We came into the world like brother and brother..." 

This summer the summer academy will be presenting William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. In this play the children will be exploring the mistaken identity of two sets of identical twins. These twins have been separated at infancy and they end up many years later in the same town. How many errors ensue with this cast of humorous characters? 

Cast of characters: 

Antipholus of Syracuse  -  The twin brother of Antipholus of Ephesus and the son of Egeon; he has been traveling the world with his slave, Dromio of Syracuse, trying to find his long-lost brother and mother.

Antipholus of Ephesus  -  The twin brother of Antipholus of Syracuse and the son of Egeon; he is a well-respected merchant in Ephesus and Adriana's husband.

Dromio of Syracuse  -  The comical slave of Antipholus of Syracuse. He is the twin brother of Dromio of Ephesus.

Dromio of Ephesus  -  The  comical slave of Antipholus of Ephesus. He is the Syracusan Dromio's twin brother.

Adriana -  The wife of Antipholus of Ephesus, she is a fierce, jealous woman.

Luciana -  Adriana's unmarried sister and the women Antipholus of Syracuse's is in love with.

Solinus -  The Duke of Ephesus; a just but merciful ruler.

Egeon -  A Syracusan merchant, husband of the Abbess (Emilia), and the father of the two Antipholi. He is, like his Syracusan son, in search of the missing half of his family; he has been sentenced to death as the play begins.

Solinus -  The Duke of Ephesus; a just but merciful ruler.

Egeon -  A Syracusan merchant, husband of the Abbess (Emilia), and the father of the two Antipholi. He is, like his Syracusan son, in search of the missing half of his family; 

Abbess  -  Emilia, the long-lost wife of Egeon and the mother of the two Antipholi.

Balthasar -  A merchant in Syracuse.

Angelo -  A goldsmith in Syracuse and a friend to Antipholus of Ephesus.

Merchant  -  An Ephesian friend of Antipholus of Syracuse.

Second Merchant  -  A tradesman to whom Angelo owes money

Doctor Pinch  -  A schoolteacher, conjurer, 

Luce  -  Also called Nell. Antipholus of Ephesus' prodigiously fat maid and Dromio of Ephesus' wife.

Gypsy -a wealthy gypsy and friend of Antipholus of Ephesus.