How would a contemporary audience of Much Ado About Nothing know that it was a comic play?

... How would a contemporary audience of Much Ado About Nothing know that it was a comic play? Elizabethan comedy was a big part of the culture. When Elizabeth came to the throne, she reinstated Protestantism as the country's religion. Many disliked these ideas, many wanted to be Catholic. But she did amazing things. She beat the Spanish Armada. People rejoiced and enjoyed being English, many children were born soon after and many people started to write and entertain this new generation. And soon in 1590, Shakespeare wrote his first play. He wrote Much Ado About Nothing about the same time the Globe Theatre was built, in 1599. He had written a few comedies before, all having similar features. Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night both end in two marriages, involve disguises, lower-class characters as comic relief and involve courtly love. Other than comedy Shakespeare wrote tragedies, probably more famous than

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