“The Comedy of Errors” (post 3) by Shakespeare: So far, the play is a one-joke, multiple personality scenario

The joke is that the twins, mistaken for each other, naturally don’t remember what their twin has said and done. But how can I, as the reader or playgoer, not be bored by the same joke, continually repeated?

What is saving me from boredom is realizing that the play mimics a multiple personality scenario in which the twins are alternate personalities with memory gaps for each other.

Did Shakespeare realize that he was making a multiple personality joke? To think that he didn’t realize it might be to underestimate him.

Added same day: I see nothing in the rest of the play to indicate that Shakespeare intentionally used twins with memory gaps to suggest a multiple personality psychological issue. But intentionally or not, the combination of twins and memory gaps does raise the issue. So I classify this play as having unintentional, unacknowledged, multiple personality, which might reflect the psychology of the author. If any of Shakespeare’s other plays also raise the issue, it would bolster that interpretation. Search “Hamlet” for relevant past posts.