4 March - 10 April 1993

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

by William Shakespeare

Egeon GORDON LANGFORD ROWE
Duke, Dr Pinch PIP DONAGHY
Gaoler, Luce, Officer TOM HODGKINS
Antipholus of Syracuse PHILIP BIRD
First Merchant, Second Merchant CRAIG PINDER
Dromio of Syracuse ADRIAN SCARBOROUGH
Dromio of Ephesus NICHOLAS MURCHIE
Adriana JACQUETTA MAY
Luciana JULIA TARNOKY
Antipholus of Ephesus GEORGE ANTON
Angelo ANDY GREENHALGH
Balthasar, Pinch's Assistant JONATHAN KEEBLE
Courtesan CORINNE HARRIS
Abbess BRIGIT FORSYTH

Director GREGORY HERSOV
Designer DAVID SHORT
Lighting ACE McCARRON
Sound JOHN A LEONARD
Music CHRIS MONKS
Assistant Director JAKE LUSHINGTON
Fight Director NICHOLAS HALL
Movement NIGEL NICHOLSON

"The Comedy of Errors is among Shakepeare's funniest plays...Hersov's Ephesus is a caricatured modern city of airports, telephones and Tube trains, kitchen sinks and psycho-exorcists, all thriftily evoked with a few props and clever miming by a meticulously choreographed cast...The performance which dominates this production is Scarborough's as Syracuse Dromio...He's a natural comedian with a voice which moves from hilarity to deep seriousness in a moment. He plays the audience like an instrument...playgoers will applaud a memorable production."
Michael Schmidt The Daily Telegraph

"It is quite simply the funniest Shakespeare production I have seen..."
Gerry Dempsey Daily Express

"... 'an evening of classic comedy that is the Royal Exchange near its best. This company is rarely short of theatrical imagination - David Short's design makes a full contribution here - but what makes it so consistently attractive is a tradition of clear, skilled, and, above all, centred acting...the cast as a whole has few weak links. After its Manchester run the production will tour...to 10 towns...Audiences there will not be disappointed."
Les Smith The Guardian

Following the runs at the Royal Exchange, The Comedy of Errors and Little Murders went on tour in the company's mobile theatre `.