Shakespeare play it is hard to genuinely feel the humour – for example when the jokes refer to ‘equivocators’ or whatever some obscure Duke or Cardinal has been getting up to. But rest assured, there are no such problems with the Shakespeare’s Globe touring production of The Comedy of Errors – it’s a hoot from beginning to end.

As part of the popular Playhouse Plays Out season, the company have taken up residence in the magnificent Quad of the Bodleian Library. I feared the odd acoustics there might be a problem. They were last year with their production of A Winter’s Tale – but happily not this time, as a result, I think, of the traditional ‘end-on’ staging. The clarity is an especially good thing as the actors’ delivery of the lines is faultless – all praise to voice and dialect coach Jan Haydn Rowels.

Particularly good in this respect is Ronan Raftery who plays Antipholus – twice! I had never previously seen a production of The Comedy of Errors where the two sets of sundered twins are played by only two actors – so this performance is a revelation of stagecraft and ingenuity. Rafferty plays both Antipholus of Ephesus and his long-lost brother Antipholus of Syracuse, while the twinning of the servant Dromeos is taken on by Miltos Yerolemou. Both play up a storm, slipping from the role of one bewildered twin to another with alacrity.

The Comedy of Errors is the classic mistaken identity comedy where two sets of twins – masters and servants – are separated at birth only to turn up in the same town many years later. Much hilarity ensues as the wife, friends, and servants of one assumes the double to be the man they are all looking for.

There are two key scenes where I wondered how they would get round the fact that both sets of twins have to be onstage at the same time. I am not going to let you into the secret of how the company pulled this feat off – but it made the whole audience chuckle greatly.

As well as the elegant setting, the set itself is wonderful. Designed by Liz Cooke, it is a treat to the eye and reflects the exotic location admirably. Direction by Rebecca Gatward is a master class of controlled chaos, leading to top comedy.

The production continues until August 9. For tickets call 01865 305305 (www.oxfordplayhouse.com)