Written by William Shakespeare
In a modern verse translation by Christina Anderson
Directed by Devin Brain
Shakespeare’s quintessential comedy, this farcical tale of separated families and mistaken identities delights audiences young and old. Antipholus and his servant, Dromio, travel in search of a long-lost family member, only to get mixed up in a madcap race against the clock, love-at-first-double-take, run-ins with local law enforcement, and double trouble—times two.
This adaptation/translation by Christina Anderson was commissioned by the Play On Shakespeare program, which was initially run by Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The program selected contemporary playwrights and tasked them with "matching Shakespeare’s linguistic rigor as they approached the text, preserving rhyme, rhythm, metaphor, meter, imagery, symbolism, rhetoric, and the structure that make Shakespeare’s plays engaging and accessible to today’s audience.”
For students in grades: 7-12
All Seats: $8
Curriculum connections: language arts, theater arts, social studies
This is a performance for schools.
