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SOURCE: Harvey, Dennis. Review of The Comedy of Errors. Variety 378, no. 7 (3-9 April 2000): 58.
In the following review, Harvey offers high praise for the Aurora Theater’s production of The Comedy of Errors, finding it to be “entirely error-free.”
Solinus/Courtesan: Brian Yates Sharber Egeon/Angelo/Dr. Pinch: Joan Mankin Antipholus of Ephesus/of Syracuse: Susannah Schulman Dromio of Ephesus/of Syracuse: Brad DePlanche Balthasar/First & Second Merchant/Maid/Emilia: Adam Gavzer Adriana: Susan Marie Brecht Luciana: Johanna Falls Musician/Constable: Scrumbly Koldwyn
There's something about “The Comedy of Errors”’ “generic Shakespeare” nature that gives directors leave to treat it as a near-blank page—one on which virtually any stylistic or conceptual fillip can be imposed. Under almost every circumstance, the play bounces back, frivolous yet hardy as a Neff ball. It's become a signature piece for idiosyncratic Bay Area director Danny Scheie, who first staged his ingenious vest-pocket...
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