Dec 30, 2009

The Comedy of Errors | Characters

Solinus
Duke of Ephesus.

Aegeon (Egeon)
Merchant from Syracuse traveling in Ephesus in search of his son. It is illegal for a Syracusan to travel in Ephesus; he must pay a large ransom or be condemned to death. He tells the Duke of Ephesus his tragic family tale of separation, and the Duke, sympathetic to his plight, gives him one day to gather enough money to free himself.

Antipholus of Ephesus
Twin brother of Antipholus of Syracuse, son of Aegeon and Aemilia, husband of Adriana. He is a well-known,...