The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells: “… and 'King Lear,' and that one that Robeson and Crane have--oh yes! 'Comedy of Errors.”
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea by Emily Wilson: “Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors is based on Plautus's Menaechmi”
The Monastery by Walter Scott: “Why, what an intricate impeach is this! I think you all have drank of Circe's cup. If here you housed him, here he would have been; If he were mad, he would not plead so coldly. COMEDY OF ERRORS.”