Komödie der Irrungen /The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Gesamtausgabe, Band 1) - zweisprachige

Volume 1. Comedy. The merchant Egeon from Syracuse lands on the coast of Ephesus in search of his missing twin son Antipholus. There he is arrested, as Syracuse and Ephesus are in a trade war with each other, and as Egeon cannot pay the ransom, he is sentenced to death. Egeon explains why he came to Ephesus. Years ago, his sons as well as another pair of twins, servants of the brothers, were separated in a shipwreck in which Egeon's wife was also lost. The moved Duke of Ephesus grants Egeon a respite until evening to raise the ransom. On the same day as his father, Egeon's second son, also named Antipholus, accompanied by Dromio, his servant, lands in Ephesus in search of his brother. The simultaneous appearance of Antipholus' brother from Syracuse leads to a series of complications, for in fact the man who was thought lost is living in Ephesus as a successful businessman. Adriana, wife of Antipholus from Ephesus, demands of Antipholus from Syracuse, who is mistaken for her husband, that he finally come to dinner - but he denies any connection with her and instead courts her sister, as a result of which Antipholus from Ephesus is no longer admitted and therefore decides to dine with a courtesan and bequeath her a diadem that was actually intended for his wife. The goldsmith, however, gives the diadem to the seeking brother, but demands his wages from Antipholus of Ephesus, who indignantly refuses and thus gets into trouble again. The twin servants Dromio and Dromio also join in the confusion. Both Antipholus brothers eventually doubt their sanity until the twin pairs finally meet head-on. Finally, the abbess of a monastery turns out to be Egeon's wife and the brothers' mother. The family is reunited and the duke pardons Egeon. Bilingual edition with translator's notes, report from the translator's workshop and an introductory essay by Wolfgang Riehle. Languages: German, English.