NT Live
The Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare

Friday, March 2, 2012 7:30pm

Sunday, March 11, 2012 2:00pm

Estimated Runtime: 3 hours

Dominic Cooke, Director of the celebrated Royal Court Theatre in London, comes to the National Theatre for the first time to direct Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, opening in the Olivier Theatre in late November and continuing in repertoire until March 2012.

Famed U.K. comedian and actor Lenny Henry makes his NT debut as Antipholus of Syracuse.

I in earth, in heaven, or in hell? Sleeping or waking? mad or well advised? Known unto these, and to myself disguised!

Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound.

Do you know me, sir? Am I Dromio? Am I your man? Am I myself?

Consistently recognised by strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset. Shakespeares furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time.

$15 General / $13 Senior / $11 Student with $2 for Lincoln Members.

Discounted season package available.