The Comedy of Errors, Titchfield Festival Theatre, Titchfield Abbey
SET in Ephesus, we follow Antipholus, one of a twin and Dromio, his servant, also one of a twin after a shipwreck.
They remain unaware of their respective twins' survival. By convoluted twists and turns, separated wives, husbands and other pairings are reunited in a jubilant, cleverly executed "reveal" last scene.
Using Swing for the incidental music and featuring elegant choreography by Nina Dietman, Comedy is presented in 1930s dress.
It features a dancing bear (Adam Brown) and his young partner, a couple of elevated swinging nuns, and whistling policeman (or bobbies who boogie).
In a cast of strong performances, Lee Ruttle, as Dromio, and Richard Deffee, as Antipholus, managed to switch adroitly between their respective twin characters. The interpretations were clever, clear and funny.
With rhyming couplets aplenty, the pace really picked up in the second half and it became a production of absorbing confusion, literally a "comedy of errors."
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