How long is a comedy of errors?



2 hrs 40 mins2 hrs 40 mins including an interval.

How many acts are in The Comedy of Errors?

five-act

The Comedy of Errors, five-act comedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1589–94 and first published in the First Folio of 1623 from Shakespeare’s manuscript. It was based on Menaechmi by Plautus, with additional material from Plautus’s Amphitruo and the story of Apollonius of Tyre.

Which Shakespeare play is the shortest?





The Comedy of Errors

The longest play is Hamlet, which is the only Shakespeare play with more than thirty thousand words, and the shortest is The Comedy of Errors, which is the only play with fewer than fifteen thousand words.

What are the top 5 longest Shakespeare plays?

List of Shakespeare plays by length

  • Hamlet – 30,557 words.
  • Richard III – 29,278 words.
  • Coriolanus – 27,589 words.
  • Cymbeline – 27,565 words.
  • Othello – 26,450 words.
  • King Lear – 26,145 words.
  • Henry V – 26,119 words.
  • Troilus and Cressida – 26,089 words.

What is Shakespeare’s longest tragedy?

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark





The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (/ˈhæmlɪt/), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare’s longest play, with 29,551 words.

What type of play is comedy of errors?

farcical comedies

The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare’s early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play.