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The 13 pages that link to Mistaken identity, each with the reason it gives.

• FarceRelated: False identities let characters enter situations that become increasingly difficult to control.

• Comedy of mannersRelated: Misrecognition destabilizes status and courtship while exposing characters’ assumptions.

• The Importance of Being EarnestRelated: The name Ernest becomes an assumed identity that drives the romantic complications.

• Recognition sceneRelated: The correction of a mistaken identity often supplies the scene’s decisive discovery.

• The BirdcageRelated: The family’s performance depends on presenting Albert as someone he is not.

• The MatchmakerRelated: Errors and concealments help the characters evade Horace and pursue their own plans.

• The Big LebowskiRelated: The shared name of the two Lebowskis makes the kidnapping plot possible.

• The Prince and the PauperRelated: The boys’ resemblance turns a clothing swap into a crisis of recognition.

• Monty Python's Life of BrianRelated: Brian's resemblance to Jesus repeatedly sends events in the wrong direction.

• Ferenc MolnárRelated: Disguise and misrecognition drive the comic complications of The Guardsman.

• Georges FeydeauRelated: False identification repeatedly redirects characters and multiplies the consequences of their lies.

• Pierre RichardRelated: The Tall Blond films use false assumptions about Richard’s character to generate escalating danger and comedy.

• Susanna CentlivreRelated: Confusion over identity creates obstacles and comic reversals in her stage plots.