 The Gray 's Inn masque in 1588 with its centrepiece , The Misfortunes of Arthur by Thomas Hughes , is considered by A.W. Ward be the most impressive masque thrown at any of the Inns . William Shakespeare performed at the Inn at least once , as his patron , Lord Southampton , was a member . For the Christmas of 1594 , his play The Comedy of Errors was performed by the Lord Chamberlain 's Men before a riotous assembly of notables in such disorder that the affair became known as the Night of Errors and a mock trial was held to arraign the culprit . 
