William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s earlier plays. It is his shortest and one of the most farcical comedies, with a lot of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity (one of his popular devices), puns and wordplay. The events occur over 24 hours on the island of Ephesus when Antipoholus of Syracuse, accompanied by his servant Dromio, arrive to look for his missing identical twin brother, unaware that his father Egeon has just arrived with the same purpose in mind and has been arrested and sentenced to execution, AND that his brother Antipholus of Ephesus and HIS servant Dromio are living on the island.

When the Syracusans encounter friends and family of their identical twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, seductions, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus and false accusations of infidelity, theft, madness and demonic possession.

So pretty much your usual Shakespeare comedy in all its whacky glory!