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Traveling Players presents Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors"
William Shakespeares "The Comedy of Errors"
Presented by Traveling Players Ensemble
The Comedy of Errors is believed to be one of Shakespeare's earlier written plays; a humorous slap-stick comedy about separated family and mistaken identity.
Saturday, August 5th @ 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Keller Theatre, Lenfest Center for the Arts, Washington & Lee University
100 Glasgow St, Lexington, VA 24450
Tickets: $12/adults, $10/students and seniors (Students: ages 18 and under, or with a student ID; Seniors: ages 65 and up)
ABOUT THE SHOW
The play begins with Aegeon telling his story. Thirty-three years before the play begins Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse, became the father of twin boys. He named them both Antipholus and bought another pair of twins, both named Dromio, to be their servants.
THE SEPARATION
Aegeon and his wife were travelling home with their sons and the servants when they were shipwrecked in a violent storm. Aegeon managed to save only one Antipholus and one Dromio and he has never seen the rest of his family since.
THE QUEST
Antipholus and Dromio arrive in Ephesus in search of their long-lost twin brothers, unaware that their father has also arrived there on the same quest. As a citizen of Syracuse, a city at war with Ephesus, Aegeon has landed illegally in Ephesus and is arrested and condemned to death unless a ransom is paid by sunset.
Unknown to all of them, the lost Antipholus and Dromio have been living in Ephesus for many years.
OLD FRIENDS
On Ephesus, the strangers find themselves greeted like old friends. Antipholus of Syracuse finds that he has acquired a wife, and everyone in Ephesus seems to be behaving very strangely...
ABOUT THE TRAVELING PLAYERS ENSEMBLE
Traveling Players Ensemble is a professional theatre company from the Washington, DC area, dedicated to bringing great theatre into the great outdoors through a thriving summer camp and year-round acting classes and workshops. The company has been invited to perform at the Kennedy Centers Millennium Stage, Colonial Williamsburg, Shenandoah National Park, Lime Kiln Theater, Restons Multicultural Festival, and the International Childrens Festival at Wolf Trap.
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LocationLenfest Center for the Arts at Washington & Lee University (View)
100 Glasgow Street
Lexington, VA 24450
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 12 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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