comedy of errors

noun2

1. •
   A comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc.

   • [I]n some comedyes of Errors, […] the Mistres and the Maide change habits […] — 1605
2. •
   A series of amusing or farcical events involving awkward missteps or other mistakes.

   • It shall not be amisse (for him that vvill read) first to beholde this short Comedy of Errors, and vvhere the greatest enter, to giue them instead of a hisse, a gentle correction. — 1601