Cast announced for The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare’s Globe

Casting has been announced for The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Directed by Globe Associate Artistic  Director Sean Holmes (The Winter’s Tale, Globe), the production runs 12 May – 29 July 2023 in the Globe Theatre.

The cast of The Comedy of Errors comprises Claire Benedict as Abbess, Matthew Broome as Antipholus of Ephesus, Philip Cumbus as Duke / Pinch, Michael Elcock as Antipholus of Syracuse, George Fouracres as Dromio of Ephesus, Laura Hanna as Adriana, Hari MacKinnon as Angelo, Jordan Metcalfe as Dromio of Syracuse, Phoebe Naughton  as Courtesan / First Merchant / Balthazar, Danielle Phillips as Luce / Second Merchant / Messenger, Paul Rider as Egeon, and Jessica Whitehurst as Luciana.

Shakespeare’s madcap comedy about long-lost siblings and mistaken identities will transport us 400 years into an Elizabethan past to watch as these families unravel and descend into glorious chaos.

This production continues Shakespeare’s Globe’s 400th Anniversary celebrations of the First Folio, without which the play would have been lost to history.

The full creative team includes associate director Naeem Hayat, composer Grant Olding, costume supervisors Megan Cassidy & Jackie Orton, designer Paul Wills, fight director Maisie Carter, Globe Associate – movement Glynn MacDonald, movement director Tamsin Hurtado Clarke, text by Simon Trinder and voice by Gary Horner.

Director Sean Holmes said: “With The Comedy of Errors, I’m looking forward immensely to creating a pulsating and  chaotic Elizabethan world perfectly suited to the Globe’s unique architecture. Though nominally set in Ephesus, the play  clearly draws on the energy and chaos of the streets of Shakespeare’s London.

“The production will strive to recreate  that vitality and danger, embracing the specificities of costume, props and design to transport us 400 years into the past,  while continuing to speak to now.”

For more information and tickets, visit shakespearesglobe.com