Alec McCowen

In an instant, accountant Henry Pulling's dull life becomes a whirlwind adventure of old love affairs, espionage, kidnappings and more money than he has ever dreamed of when his Aunt Augusta takes him under her wing to add a lot of color to his gray existence in the madcap TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT.When Augusta (Academy and Tony Award winner Maggie Smith) sees her nephew, Henry (Alec McGowan), at her sister's funeral, the grand old dame with a wicked past...

One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.