Comedy of Errors

1.    Describe the Theater, sets, and costumes

Comedy of Errors was put on in Drayton Hall.  This is a small theatre and did not have too big of a stage.  I believe they only opened two curtains throughout the play and only a hand full of stage lights.  But, it is nice being in a small theater sometimes and being able to see everything so clearly.  The scenery was well organized though.  The stage had the same backdrop throughout the play.  The backdrop was just scenery of outside.  They had some table and chairs on the side where the characters would sit down and eat and drink.  They also had a part of the stage where one individual could walk up stairs and be at what was meant to be a balcony.  A dog was also up on his own balcony on the left side of the stage type writing the entire play.  He would randomly bark, which brought humor to the play.  The costumes were my favorite part of this play.  All of the characters had bright colored clothes on and they had wigs to match.  This made them look rather funny!  My favorite costumes were the twins and the genie girls.  They all had on really bright colors with fun wigs.  The costumes were what allowed me from the first scene of the play to know that this play was going to be very humorous. 

2. In what period does this play take place? Who is the author? What period did the play write live?

The play takes place in the Greek Period.  The Comedy of Errors was written by William Shakespeare.  William Shakespeare lived during the Renaissance period.

3. Discuss the plot

The Comedy of Errors is a humorous play about two sets of identical twins that get separated at birth.  The play then fast forwards to the twins grown up.  The sets of twins have no idea that they have other siblings, so when the confusion starts is when they are both in the same town at the same time.  All kind of confusions happens during the play.  The one twin is waiting for money to be returned to him and it is given to the wrong twin.  So, throughout the whole play the twin is angry and thinks people are lying to him.  One twin is cheating on his, wife and the other twin is the one who is accused.  The twins are not the only ones confused, but all the people who are around them.  The play is guided by song and dancing.  It was very entertaining to watch, because of all that was going on.  Every scene had another twin in it and people were always confused.  The confusion is what makes this a comedy play! 

This was the cover to the program of the play!  It pretty much describes the entire play and how everything was confusing anf truned upside down!  When I first looked at it i didn't get the hint about the twins.  But, I knew after the first scene that their was going to be twins and that most likely means confusion!