The Comedy of Errors

Lecture 12 in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks how seriously we can take the farcical exploits of Comedy of Errors, drawing out the play's serious concerns with identity and selfhood.
Date Published: 23 January 2012
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Contributors: Emma Smith
In Collection(s): William Shakespeare, Questioning Genre, Feminist Approaches to Literature
Keywords: Key Stage 5, lesson, Teaching, #greatwriters, theatre, play, language, english, literature, criticism, shakespeare
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