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Which modern musical is based on The Comedy of Errors?

By Amanda Mabillard, About.com

Question: Which modern musical is based on The Comedy of Errors?

Answer: Rodgers and Hart's popular musical, The Boys from Syracuse (first presented on Broadway in 1938) is based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

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