# Angelo — The Comedy of Errors character guide

> Angelo in The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Angelo Master Antipholus, Angelo Nay, Officer One Angelo

**First appearance:** 0008-act-iii-scene-i

## Snapshot

An Ephesian goldsmith whose commissioned chain, handed to the wrong twin, turns a simple debt into a public arrest and a reputation in tatters.

## Who they are

Angelo works the ordinary commerce of Ephesus — gold, credit, delivery on a promise — until the city's confusions make his honest bookkeeping look like fraud. He duns Antipholus of Ephesus for a chain that twin never received, and when the debt goes unpaid he brings an officer, only to watch his customer deny everything and get hauled off as mad. A tradesman caught between two identical men and one unpaid bill, he matters because his chain becomes the play's most reliable engine of mistaken identity, dragging merchants, officers, and a courtesan into the same knot.

## Relationships

### [Dromio of Ephesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_comedy_of_errors_se/characters/dromio_of_ephesus)

_professional_

Angelo is a goldsmith who interacts with Dromio of Ephesus regarding a chain and payment, leading to misunderstandings.

### [Antipholus of Ephesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_comedy_of_errors_se/characters/antipholus_of_ephesus)

_professional_

Angelo is a goldsmith who delivers a chain to Antipholus of Ephesus, leading to a dispute over payment.

## In the story

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_comedy_of_errors_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i)

Present at the door, he is instructed to fetch the gold chain and bring it to the Porpentine.

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_comedy_of_errors_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii)

Angelo delivers the gold chain to Antipholus of Syracuse, mistaking him for Antipholus of Ephesus, and refuses immediate payment.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_comedy_of_errors_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i)

Demands payment for the chain he claims to have given Antipholus of Ephesus, leading to the arrest.

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