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Die Irrungen, oder die Doppelten Zwillinge
Die Irrungen, oder die Doppelten Zwillinge
Die Irrungen, oder die Doppelten Zwillinge
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Die Irrungen, oder die Doppelten Zwillinge

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Release dateJan 1, 1962
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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Obviously an earlier work. More slapstick than his more sophisticated humor in his later works. The unfortunate servants serve as the receiving end of a Punch and Judy show. I don't recall that type of humor in his other works. But the "punderful" use of the English language is there from the start. Not a very compelling play, but fun nonetheless.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Really excellent insults and figures of speech throughout a ridiculous play. This play should not be performed "straight," or read silently--you need a framing device, or great physical comedy, or *something* to bring it up to the level of Shakespeare's other plays. Because there really isn't much to this farce, and what little substance there is, is a bit sketchy (ah, beating one's slave--hilarity!). Also, I hate mistaken identity stories, so I was prejudiced against this from the start.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Absolutely loved it!! I loved the doubles!!!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Fast and facile. A Shakespearean sit-com – clever and silly, but with no depth. This one, more than most, I think, needs to be seen performed to be properly appreciated – I imagine all the mix-ups might be quite entertaining, properly acted. Unfortunately I read it, along with a Librivox recording by a cast that included some really talented readers, some who were clearly new to the English language, and a robot. In fairness I'll admit that I'm generally luke-warm on the comedies, aside from “Much Ado, so my lack of enthusiasm probably doesn't say much about the actual merits of this play.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Have you ever seen the 1988 movie Big Business? If you have then you know the general idea of this play’s premise. Two sets of twins are born in the same place on the same night. One set of twins is wealthy, the other is not. The twins are separated at birth and one brother from each set end up growing up together as servant and master. Just to add to the confusion, the twins from each pair have the same name. The play is one big case of mistaken identity. Friends, lovers, foes, everyone is completely confused as they run into the brothers and mistake them for their twin. I think this would be an incredibly entertaining play for kids to see, especially if they’re new to Shakespeare’s work. It’s easy to follow and contains lots of big laughs. In later plays the Bard uses cases of mistaken identity and sets of twins to aid a larger story. This play feels like an early draft of the greater work to come, but it lacks the depth of his other plays. BOTTOM LINE: This is the shortest and shallowest of Shakespeare’s comedies. I have a feeling it would be really fun to see performed live, but it doesn’t work as well in the written form.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I wasn't surprised to learn that "Comedy of Errors" is one of Shakespeare's early plays. It really seemed unpolished compared to some of his best-known work.I guess my major objection was with the whole switcharoo premise, which seemed so implausible that I couldn't suspend that much disbelief.I perhaps might have enjoyed a performance of the play more than a read of it. Definitely one of my least favorites of the Shakespeare plays I've read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I love Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" because it seems to contain a dash of all his comedic abilities and elements, all thrown together into one play.This is the story of two sets of identical twins separated at birth. When the four of them end up in the same city at the same time, all sorts of, well, comedy and error ensues.Shakespeare makes sharp use of his usual witty twist of wordplay, farce and puns. Throw in theft, madness, more cases of mistaken identity than you could ever wish for, public beatings, arrest, false accusations, and fake possession, and you have this wild story.I wouldn't call this one perfect or without "errors" of its own, however. There is not much variation or development in the plot, and the joke gets old after awhile.All the same, it's Shakespeare, and a great introduction to his comedies.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great fun! Bit hard to get into at first, but it's hilarious once you do. I feel very sorry for everyone in this play, but that doesn't make it any less funny.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This play probably ties with Twelfth Night for my favorite Shakespeare play of those that I've read. The concept of people constantly mixing up two twins and this wreaking lots of havoc may not be the most advanced ever, but Shakespeare plays it out really well here.This play lives up to its status in the comedy of category. I found the humor very situational, and at times couldn't help but laugh at the irony of the characters' circumstances.I also thought that the characterization was quite well done here. The reader actually does get a fair amount of insight into Adriana's marriage with Antipholus of Ephesus and her feelings. I felt that I also got good insight into why things were happening because Shakespeare partially develops these charactesr by talking about the problems (and their anxieties regarding them) which they need to eliminate to avoid being arrested.I also thought this play was a quick read over all. I thought that the characters kept the reader engaged, as did the plot. It left me wanting to know what happened. Even if this play is a comedy, I think there's lots of other good reasons to enjoy it!
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Probably a crowd-pleaser back in the day, this story is quite simple, almost trivial, but delivers its punches fast and does not overstay its welcome.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is one of Will's earlier comedies. There's a lot of slapstick, insults, and raunchy humor. This has the classic line, "She is spherical, like a globe. I could find out countries in her."
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Not one of Shakespeare's best. Two pairs of twins were separated shortly after birth, one pair gentlemen and one pair servants. They are reunited after a series of confusing events and mistaken identity. It wasn't a bad play, and would probably be funnier on stage, but it didn't seem enough of a plot for 5 whole acts.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I went into this fairly skeptical of how much I would actually enjoy it. I was told that it was Shakespeare's first play and that the only reason that my instructor was having us read it was because it is actually being performed here on campus and we are required to attend the one-night-only performance. Not a glowing recommendation to have before starting a book!The play is surprisingly easy to follow and understand. The humor is actually funny and I found myself chuckling out loud and enjoying the many puns and instances of word play that take place throughout caused by the many mistakes in identity that occur due to the presence of two sets of long separated twins. The play does require the reader/viewer to suspend reality in order for the premise to work, but all in all, it's quite entertaining and worth checking out if you're interested in this sort of thing.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    another of the 1890 wee books from the same series, wonder what else is out there

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Die Irrungen, oder die Doppelten Zwillinge - Christoph Martin Wieland

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Title: Die Irrungen (The Comedy of Errors) Die Doppelten Zwillinge

Author: William Shakespeare

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Die Irrungen, oder die doppelten Zwillinge,

William Shakespeare

ein Lustspiel.

Übersetzt von Christoph Martin Wieland

Personen.

Salinus, Herzog von Ephesus.

Aegeon, ein Kauffmann von Syracus.

Antipholis von Ephesus und Antipholis von Syracus, Zwillings-Brüder

und Söhne von Aegeon und Aemilia, aber einander unbekannt.

Dromio von Ephesus und Dromio von Syracus, Zwillings-Brüder und

Sclaven der beyden Antipholis.

Balthasar, ein Kauffmann.

Angelo, ein Goldschmidt.

Zween andre Kauffleute.

Dr. Zwik, ein Schulmeister und Beschwörer.

Aemilia, Aegeons Weib, eine Abbtißin zu Ephesus.

Adriana, des Antipholis von Ephesus Weib.

Eine Courtisane.

Luciana, Ihre Schwester.

Kerkermeister, Gerichtsdiener, Trabanten, und andre stumme Personen.

Die Scene ist zu Ephesus.

Erster Aufzug.

Erste Scene.

(Des Herzogs Palast.)

(Der Herzog von Ephesus, Aegeon, ein Kerkermeister, und einige vom

 Gefolge des Herzogs treten auf.)

Aegeon.

Säume dich nicht länger, Salinus, durch den Ausspruch meines

Urtheils, meinem unglüklichen Leben ein Ende zu machen.

Herzog. Kauffmann von Syracus, sage nichts mehr zu deiner Verantwortung; ich kan zum Nachtheil des Gesezes nicht partheylich seyn. Das neuliche grausame Verfahren euers Herzogs gegen einige Kauffleute, unsre getreue Unterthanen, welche, weil sie nicht Gold genug hatten ihr Leben loszukaufen, sein strenges Gesez mit ihrem Blute besiegelt haben, schließt alles Erbarmen aus unsern dräuenden Bliken aus. Denn seitdem diese verderbliche Zwietracht zwischen deinen aufrührischen Landsleuten und uns ausgebrochen, ist in der allgemeinen Versammlung des Volks, sowol von den Syracusern als von uns, beschlossen worden, keine Handlung noch Gemeinschaft zwischen unsern feindseligen Städten zu erlauben; noch mehr, welcher gebohrne Epheser sich auf den Märkten und Jahrsmessen von Syracus betreten läßt, der stirbt; und hinwieder, welcher gebohrne Syracuser in der Bay von Ephesus gefunden wird, der stirbt, und seine Güter werden zu Handen des Staats eingezogen; es sey dann, daß er tausend Mark zu seinem Lösegeld bezahlen könne. Nun belauft sich alles was du hast, nach der äussersten Schazung, kaum auf hundert Mark; du bist also nach dem Geseze zum Tode verdammt.

Aegeon.

Mein Trost ist, daß die Vollziehung euers Worts noch vor Sonnen-

Untergang auch meinen Unglüks-Fällen ein Ende machen wird.

Herzog. Gut, Syracuser, erzähl' uns kürzlich die Ursache, warum du deine väterliche Heimath verlassen hast, und warum du hieher nach Ephesus gekommen bist.

Aegeon. Eine schwerere Verrichtung könnte mir nicht auferlegt werden, als daß ich von meinem unaussprechlichen Kummer reden soll. Jedoch, damit die Welt erkenne, daß der natürliche Lauf der menschlichen Zufälle, und nicht irgend ein scheußliches, die Rache der Götter aufforderndes Verbrechen, mir dieses unglükliche Ende zuzieht; so will ich sagen, was mein Schmerz mir zu sagen Vermögen lassen wird. Zu Syracus ward ich gebohren, und mit einem Weibe vermählt, die mich glüklich machte, und es durch mich selbst gewesen wäre, wenn ein feindseliges Schiksal die Dauer unsrer Glükseligkeit gestattet hätte. Mit ihr lebt' ich vergnügt; mein Vermögen nahm durch beglükte Reisen zu, die ich häuffig nach Epidamnum machte; bis der Tod meines Factors, und die Sorge für meine Güter, die dadurch ohne Aufsicht gelassen worden, mich aus den Umarmungen meiner Gattin riß. Ich war noch nicht volle sechs Monat von ihr entfernt, als sie (obgleich zu einer Zeit, da sie unter der angenehmen Straffe ihres Geschlechts schmachtete,) Anstalten machte, mir nachzufolgen, und bald und glüklich anlangte wo ich war. Sie war nicht lange da, so wurde sie eine freudenvolle Mutter von zween hübschen Knaben, die einander so wundersam gleich sahen, daß es unmöglich war, sie anders, als durch Namen zu unterscheiden. In eben dieser Stunde und an dem nemlichen Ort, ward eine arme Frau gleichfalls von zween männlichen Zwillingen entbunden, die einander eben so gleich sahen; diese kaufte ich ihren Eltern ab, denn es waren bettelarm Leute, und zog sie auf, daß sie meinen Söhnen aufwarten sollten. Mein Weib, die auf zween solche Knaben nicht wenig stolz war, drang täglich in mich, unsre Heimreise zu beschleunigen; ich willigt' endlich, wiewol ungern ein, und wir giengen, ach allzubald! zu Schiffe. Wir hatten kaum eine Meile von Epidamnum fortgesegelt, als ein plözlicher Sturm den Tag verdunkelnd, uns nur noch so viel düstres Licht übrig ließ als nöthig war, unsern erschroknen Augen die Gewißheit des unvermeidlichen Todes zu zeigen. Ich, für meinen eignen Theil, würde mich willig darein ergeben haben; aber das

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