BBC Sunday-Night Theatre The Comedy of Errors (Season 5, Episode 20)
TV Episode | Drama

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

The Comedy of Errors (Season 5, Episode 20)

TV Episode | Drama

Two identical twins and their two servants (also identical twins) are separated in a ship-wreck. When, years later, they all show up in the same town, mistaken identities abound.

Director

Lionel Harris

Writers

Robert McNab (adaptation) | Titus Maccius Plautus (play "Menaechmi") | William Shakespeare (play)

Producer

Lionel Harris

Composers

Julian Slade | James Turner

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Updated May 16, 1954

Release date

May 16, 1954 (United Kingdom)

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Lally Bowers Aemelia Aemelia See fewer	The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
James Cairncross Dromio of Syracuse / Dromio of Ephesus Dromio of Syracuse / Dromio of Ephesus See fewer	Tom Jones (1963)
Gerald Cross Solinus / Doctor Pinch Solinus / Doctor Pinch See fewer	The Newcomers (1965)
Paul Hansard Antipholus of Syracuse Antipholus of Syracuse See fewer	The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Esther Lawrence Luce / Courtesan / Nun Luce / Courtesan / Nun See fewer	The Wednesday Play (1964)
David Peel Antipholus of Ephesus Antipholus of Ephesus See fewer	Vanity Fair (1956)
Joan Plowright Adriana Adriana See fewer	The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Richard Vernon Egeon Egeon See fewer	Goldfinger (1964)
Jane Wenham Luciana Luciana See fewer	The Teckman Mystery (1954)