This is a fast paced Commedia del’Arte comedy about Sally May who is cruelly treated by her miserly old father. He wants to sell her in marriage to Sir Lionel Crust who is very rich but incredibly ugly and decrepid. Sally is in love with Jack Sprightly, poor but handsome and who loves her. What tricks can he devise to thwart both Sir Lionel Crust and her miserly father and gain Sally’s hand in marriage?