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The Comedy of Errors, in five-acts, is one of the shortest and most lively of Shakespeare's comedies. It was written during 1589 and mdash;94 and first published in the First Folio of 1623 from Shakespeare's manuscript. It is based on Menaechmi by Plautus, with additional material from Plautus' Amphitruo (or Amphitryon) and the story of and ldquo;Apollonius of Tyre and rdquo;. Its comic confusions derive from the presence of twin brothers, unknown to each other, in the same town. It engages the audience in puns, pranks and slapstick humor; and its twists of plot provide suspense, surprise, expectation and exhilaration and reveal Shakespeare's mastery of construction. It has been adapted for opera, stage, screen and musical theatre numerous times worldwide.