This play from 1616 offers a classic example of the genre known as city comedy. With witty dialogue and a farcical plot that includes cross-dressing and mistaken identity, the play provides a lighthearted yet incisive critique of society and gender roles in Jacobean England. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public...