Written by J. Frank Davis
 

Directed by Tom Godey

Openly sentimental and cautiously suggestive, the characters range from Villain Richard Murgatroyd to Sweety Nell Stanley. Father Stanley is outraged throughout - at his supposedly wayward daughter and at Murgatroyd (who attempts to steal home, fireplace and daughter).
Act II, which takes place in a New York Bowery bar, is unquestionably the best.