The Menaechmi is undeniably the base of Shakespeare’s play, but Shakespeare did put quite a spin on his rendition making it so loved and memorable. As an adult, the remaining twin goes off in search of his brother and, after lots of confusions and mistaken identity, the brothers eventually find each other and the play ends happily ever after. The play begins with one of the twin boys being lost as a child while the other remains with his father and is given the fathers name in his memory. In the play The Menaechmi there are set of identical twins, the sons of a wealthy merchant from Syracuse. The Menaechmi was originally written in Latin, and basically held the same storyline as Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. Plautus wrote a play in the sixteenth century called The Menaechmi. Though this play might not be his most original piece of work, Shakespeare certainly did make it memorable.Ĭomedy of Errors, Shakespeare gathered his influence from the ancient Roman dramatist named Plautus. Amongst the play The Menaechmi, many scholars speculated that Shakespeare gathered influence for this play from the Bible. Though seemingly original, Shakespeare drew heavy influence for this play from a playwritten anywhere from 50 to 86 years prior to Shakespeare’s play, called the The Menaechmi.
Shakespeare’s play Comedy of Errors may be one of his most unique plays. Open to Interpretation and Always Controversial.
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