Am 10.März 1842 wurde die Posse Einen Jux will er sich machen zum ersten Mal im Theater an der Wien dargestellt. Es wurde einer von Nestroys nachhaltigsten Erfolgen, und auch heute noch zählt die Komödie zum Kronschatz des heiteren Theaters, unverwelkt in ihren Reizen unverwüstlich in ihrer elementaren Bühnenwirkung.
"Das ist klassisch!" Nestroy's best known work outside Austria, this is a farce of mistaken identity set in Vienna, about two employees who decide to have an adventure while their boss is away. Of course he shows up, and they disguise themselves and run into the shop of the boss's fiancée. Meanwhile, the boss's ward has eloped with a young man, and they all are mistaken for one another. Somewhat hard reading due to the nineteenth century Viennese dialect and the many puns and local and topical jokes; the play has been adapted many times in English, including by Tom Stoppard (On the Razzle) and twice by Thornton Wilder (the second time as The Matchmaker, which in turn was adapted as the musical Hello Dolly!).