The Characters

SOLINUS: Duke of Ephesus

EGEON: A merchant from Syracuse and the father of the Antipholus twins, He is, like his Syracusian son, in search of the missing half of his family; he has been sentenced to death as the play begins

ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS: One of the Antipholus twins, a well-respected merchant, is married to Adriana

ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE: One of the Antipholus twins, son of Egeon. He has been travelling the world with his slave Dromio of Syracuse, trying to find his long last brother and mother

DROMIO OF EPHESUS: The bumbling comical servant to Antipholus of Ephesus, and a twin to Dromio of Syracuse

DROMIO OF SYRACUSE: the servant to Antipholus of Syracuse, and a twin to Dromio of Ephesus

ADRIANA: the fierce, jealous wife of Antipholus of Ephesus, she mistakenly brings Antipholus of Syracuse into her house and her house and locks out her real husband

LUCIANA: the sister to Adriana, with whom Antipholus of Syracuse falls in love

MYLES: the kitchen hand to Adriana and husband of Dromio of Ephesus

ANGELO: a goldsmith who makes a necklace for Adriana at Antipholus of Ephesus' request

BALTHASAR: A merchant whom Antipholus invites to his house. Nell and Adriana refuse to allow him to enter, thereby embarrassing Antipholus

COUTESAN: A courtesan to whom Antipholus of Syracuse inappropriately promises the gold necklace

DOCTOR PINCH: a schoolmaster and exorcist, he is asked to drive the demons, out of Antipholus of Ephesus whom Adriana thinks is mad

MERCHANT OF EPHESUS: a friend of Antipholus of Syracuse, he warns him that Ephesus puts anyone from Syracuse to death

SECOND MERCHANT: Angelo's creditor

ABBESS: known as Emilia, an abbess in Ephesus and the wife of Egeon