Thursdays

11:30am - 1:00 pm

Online

6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 & 7/1

Five Sessions 

This course is offered online via the easy-to-use Zoom program.

The Comedy of Errors, one of Shakespeare’s earlier works, features some themes which will endure throughout his career.  While incorporating great comedic timing, the plot involves a shipwreck, two sets of twins, and a family fractured and reunited, all while one of the main characters spends what promises to be his last day on earth under a death threat. And everyone ends up happy!   It’s the 16^th century equivalent of a beach read—so come along for a romp in Ephesus as we work our way through this entertaining play.

Recommended Reading: The Folger Library Edition of The Comedy of Errors

The BBC film version is also available through the Kanopy website.

Ann Berman holds a Master of Arts in Shakespeare Studies from King’s College, London.  She spent 30 years as a teacher and administrator at the Dover-Sherborn Public Schools and 8 years as a course facilitator at Lifelong Learning at Regis College in Weston, Mass.  She has taught several Shakespeare courses for OLLI at BCC.

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