done and very creative, and the actors were really good. Although, some parts of it I did not like very much. This performance was something we signed up for through our co-op. I am going to tell you about the story line because not everyone is familiar with this play. There was a couple, who were named Egeon and Emilia. Egeon was a merchant of Syracuse and was quite wealthy. The couple had identical twin sons, and that same day identical twin sons were born to a much poorer family. Therefore, Egeon and Emilia bought the other set of twins to be servants to their sons. Egeon and Emilia set sail for home but their ship was wrecked. Egeon, trying to save whomever he could, grabbed one of his sons and a twin servant and secured them to a mast, hoping they would survive. The mother did the exact thing to the other twin and servant, and Egeon and Emilia went separate ways. Emilia, who ended up in Ephesus, thought she had Antipholus and Dromio, so she called them that. After years, Antipholus grew restless wanting to find his long lost brother, so resolvedly he told Egeon his father he was going to find him. He went searching, leaving their father alone. Antipholus and Dromio searched for a long time until they came to Ephesus. Their Father, thinking his life was just too dull, left to find his son, who was looking for his brother. Finally Egeon came to Ephesus where his son was, but soon after his arrival was arrested for being from Syracuse and coming Ephesus. He owed 1000 pounds or he would be executed!!! Explaining what happened next would be confusing and you probably would not to read it all, so I am going to finish here and invite you to read the play for yourself. All I will tell you is there were many errors that left an angry wife, a man in debt, an angry goldsmith, two confused Antipholuses, two outraged servants, and finally a family that lived happily ever after.
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