Critic John Russell Taylor thought Turner had " revivified the Jonsonian [ Ben Jonson's ] comedy of humours ".
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The comedy of humours owes something to earlier vernacular comedy but more to a desire to imitate the classical comedy of Plautus and Terence and to combat the vogue of The Alchemist ".
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In contrast, Nym explains everything by his " humour ", meaning his mood or inclination, which suggests that his character was designed as a parody of Ben Jonson's " comedy of humours ".
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While " The Case is Altered " is not a major element in Jonson's dramatic achievement, critics have regarded it as significant in that it probably represents Jonson's first attempt at a comedy of humours, a type of play he would develop further in " Every Man in His Humour " ( 1598 ) and " Every Man out of His Humour " ( 1599 ).
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