Performed at the

Theatre Royal, Winchester

18^th & 19^th April 1980

And at the

Nuffield Theatre

21^st to 26^th April 1980

To commemerate Shakespeare's birthday a special performance of an anthology "No Holds Bard" was given as a late night show AFTER the performance of "A Comedy of Errors" on the evening of Wednesday 23^rdApril. It was directed by Ken Spencer. There is no record of who the readers were.

The Players
Solinus	Douglas Coates
Egeon, A merchant of Syracuse	David Pike
Emelia, Lady Abbess and Egeon's wife	Mollie Manns
Antipholus of Ephesus Antipholus of Syracuse (twin brothers, sons of Emelia and Egeon)	Jim Smith John Appleton
Dromio of Ephesus Dromio of Syracuse (twin brothers, bondsmen to the Antipholus twins)	Pete White Brian Stansbridge
Adriana, Wife of Antipholus of Ephesus	Jenny McConnell
Luciana, her sister	Belinda Drew
Nell, Adriana's kitchen maid	Chris Baker
Balthazar, a merchant	Tony Lawther
Angelo, a goldsmith	Derek Sealy
Doctor Pinch	Ken Spencer
First Merchant	Geoff Wharam
Second Merchant	Brian Whitaker
An Officer	Ken Hann
A Courtesan	Avril Woodward
A Messenger	Lawrence Till
Gaoler	Tony Lawther
Acolytes	Meri Lawther, Janet Courtice

For the Maskers:
The Director	Graham Buchanan
Stage Manager	Keith Hooper
Lighting	Joy Wingfield, Ivan White
Sound	Ron Tillyer
Properties	Shiela Clark
Wardrobe	Lillian Gunstone, Chris Baker, Ann Brookes, Audrey Whitaker
Set construction and painting	Alan Baker, John Riggs, John Doherty, Ken Spencer, Julia Patterson
Publicity	Gill Roberts

The Southampton Echo said:

The modern farce has nothing on Shakespeare. His "Comedy of Errors" is jam-packed with wit and cracks, most of them just as funny now as they were four centuries ago. The Maskers manage commendably to bring out the best of this situation comedy in their performance at the Nuffield Theatre this week. They strur and fret about the stage, throwing themselves from quip to crack, and whipping themselves to a frenzy in the tortuous series of events.

The basis of the plot is that twin brothers and twin servants are accidentally separated at birth. The action takes place 33 years later when, again by accident, they are reunited. The stuff of the play is the jumble of mistaken identities that thereby arise, totally implausible but perfect material for the comic actor. The two Dromios, twin servants, control the comedy best as two Shakespearian fools and the amazing physical resemblance of Pete White and Brian Stansbridge fooled me more than once.

Graham Buchanan's production is a highly polished and pleasing one. A special word of praise should go to the designers of the masks (Ann Archer and Belinda Drew), and of the stage clock (Ken Spencer).