Characters

The cast of The Comedy of Errors

The people who make The Comedy of Errors move — what they want, who they love, who they hate, and how each one fits the story. Tap any name to read more.

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Adriana

Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus; voice of marital pain and jealous fear in a comedy of errors

Wife AEmelia (the Abbess); twin sons Antipholus (of Syracuse and of Ephesus); twin servants Dromios

Aegeon

Syracusan merchant and father of the twin Antipholuses; framing device and embodiment of loss · Elderly, worn by decades of searching

husband; son; son; servant (raised as son); servant (raised as son)s

The Abbess

Prioress of Ephesus; sanctuary-giver and voice of wisdom; hidden mother reunited with her family

Son of Aegeon and Aemelia; twin brother to Antipholus of Syracuses

Antipholus of Ephesus

A merchant of Ephesus, married to Adriana, caught in a cascade of mistaken identity · thirty or so

Son of Aegeon and Aemelia; twin brother to Antipholus of Ephesus

Antipholus of Syracuse

A merchant searching for his lost family, mistaken for his twin brother and drawn into bewildering errors · Around thirty (implied by twenty years in Corinth)

Twin servant to Dromio of Syracuse; purchased in infancy as a companion to the Antipholus twins

Dromio of Ephesus

Servant to Antipholus of Ephesus; whipping boy and comic foil caught between his master's rage and the town's confusion

Twin brother to Dromio of Ephesus (unknown to him); purchased servant to Antipholus of Syracuses

Dromio of Syracuse

Witty servant to Antipholus of Syracuse; a man caught between loyalty and terror · Appears young, mirrored to his twin

sisters

Luciana

Sister to Adriana; counselor on marriage and obedience, later beloved by Antipholus of Syracuse

Other characters

Angelo

Goldsmith and unwitting catalyst of the play's central confusion

Duke Solinus

Ruler of Ephesus; keeper of law and final arbiter of justice

Second Merchant

Impatient creditor and witness to the chaos

Officer

Arresting officer and enforcer of Ephesus's debt laws

The Courtezan

Opportunist and witness to mistaken identity

Luce

Kitchen maid and servant in Adriana's household

Doctor Pinch

Quack physician and exorcist; instrument of misdiagnosis and harm
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