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Following Shakespeare's play closely, the plot details the adventures and romantic mix-ups of long-separated identical twins Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse , whose servants, the two Dromios, are also long-separated identical twins. The witty and melodic score, one of the best by Rodgers And Hart , often leaves period behind to indulge in Swing and other contemporary rhythms, and includes the songs "I Had Twins"; "Dear Old Syracuse"; "What Do You Do With a Man?"; "Falling In Love With Love"; "The Shortest Day of the Year"; "This Can't Be Love"; "Ladies of the Evening"; "He and She"; "You Have Cast Your Shadow on the Sea"; "Come With Me"; "Sing For Your Supper"; and "Oh, Diogenes!" The lines of this musical are all contemporary English, except for one instance. To produce a laugh, one line from the play is spoken, whereupon another character says, amazedly, "Shakespeare!" |
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