Everybody Mistaken
1716 play
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Everybody Mistaken is a 1716 comedy play by the British writer William Taverner. The title is also written as Every Body Mistaken.[1] A farce, it is a reworking of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare.[2]
Written byWilliam Taverner
Date premiered10 March 1716
Place premieredLincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
| Everybody Mistaken | |
|---|---|
| Written by | William Taverner |
| Date premiered | 10 March 1716 |
| Place premiered | Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
It premiered at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London on 10 March 1716, and was followed as an afterpiece by the masque Presumptuous Love, also by Taverner.[3] It opened the same night as Joseph Addison's The Drummer debuted at the rival Drury Lane Theatre.
