The Comedy of Errors (1964)
The Comedy of Errors
A televised adaptation of Clifford Williams’ Royal Shakespeare Company stage production. The tale of the complications which ensue when two sets of identical twins are unexpectedly thrust together and inextricably mixed up. The production was broadcast as part of the quatercentenary celebration of Shakespeare’s birth
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Plays
- Channel: BBC TV
- Duration: 1'31'00''
- Broadcast date: 1964
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
Prefaces to Shakespeare | The Comedy of Errors
The actor Roger Rees, who starred in Trevor Nunn's highly popular musical version of the play in 1977, gives a personal view of one of Shakespeare's earliest plays The Comedy of Errors.
Shakespeare In Perspective | A Comedy of Errors
Comedian Roy Hudd illustrates some of the timeless gags and comic routines that sharpen this comedy of mistaken identities. From the Famous City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds, with Cyril Cusack, Roger Daltrey, Joanne Pearce and Michael Kitchen, among others.