莎翁喜剧写作最成熟时期的创作，内容热闹欢乐，并富哲思。比起莎翁的其他喜剧。本剧的特征是场景和语言都较为接近真实生活。克劳狄奥爱上希罗，但又害怕被拒绝，结果好友唐-彼得罗出手相助，安排一个别开生面的化装舞会撮合他俩。当大家满以为一切都可有个完满的结局时，唐-约翰却从中作梗，让克劳狄奥误认为希罗另有所爱。爱之愈深，恨之愈切，克劳狄奥发誓复仇，于是，一对鸳鸯的爱情磨难开始了......(It is the creation in the most mature time of Shakespeare with lively and happy and philosophical content. Compared to other comedies of Shakespeare. The characteristic of this play is scene and languages are closer to real life. Claudio falls in love with Hero but is afraid being rejected, and the good friend Tang-Peter helps him and arranges a special costume party to bring them together. When all people think that everything can have a happy ending, Tang- John creates difficulties in it and let Claudio misunderstand that Hero has another sweetheart. Love is deeper and hate is deeper, Claudio swears to revenge, so, the love ordeal of a pair of mandarin duck starts......)