W., On the Compositorial Genetics of The Comedy of Errors (1965). Magisterial study in which Shakespeare’s use of sources is explored in order to throw light on his methods of composition and body of work generally. Bryant, J. A., Jr., Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy (1986). First chapter on The Comedy of Errors provides a good basic introduction to the play. Charney, Maurice, ed., Shakespearean Comedy (1980). Contains useful discussion of Roman comedy in Chapter 1 and an analysis of The Comedy of Errors in Chapter 2. Collins, Michael J., ed., Shakespeare’s Sweet Thunder: Essays on the Early Comedies (1997). Varied collection that includes three essays on The Comedy of Errors: Robert S. Miola, “The Influence of New Comedy on The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew,” pp. 21–34; Ann Thompson, “ ‘Errors’ and ‘Labors’: Feminism and Early Shakespearean Comedy,” pp. 90–101; Bruce R. Smith, “A Night of Errors and the Dawn of Empire: Male Enterprise in The Comedy of Errors,”
