March 23, 2012, Friday - NT Live Filmed Presentation of The Comedy of Errors at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location: McGuire Proscenium Stage, Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street South

The Guthrie Theater presents an NT Live FILMED PRESENTATION of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare.

This is a filmed presentation.  Run time: 3 hours 15 minutes including intermission

Am I in earth, in heaven, or in hell?
Sleeping or waking? mad or well advised?
Known unto these, and to myself disguised!

Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound.

Do you know me, sir? Am I Dromio? Am I your man? Am I myself?

Consistently recognized by strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset. Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse.

NT LIVE: National Theatre Live is the groundbreaking initiative by the UK's National Theatre to provide high-definition filmed performances of its productions to theaters worldwide. This is not a live performance.