The play was primarily about a newly married man and a millionaire Socialist, Sydney Trefusis. Sydney leaves his bride because he scared that she would get in the way of his plans to tear down the British government. Sidney goes undercover and changes his name to "Mengels" and started working at Alton College, a girls' school that focuses on teaching them to be fit for marriage. There is a young lady that attends the college, Agatha Wylie, a independent and smart girl who falls hopelessly in love with both Sidney and his politics. Trouble occurs when his ex wife come to visit her cousin Agatha and told everyone that her husband was kidnapped. Once she sees Sydney, she messes with his plans and ends up taking over the school, while he plans on making compete school at the end. Throughout the time Sydney was undercover at the college there was a boyfriend of one of Agatha's best friends and the exs wifes father who always thought he looked very familiar. At the end The ex-wife and her cousin Agatha gets revenge on Sydney. Agatha becomes the headmistress while the ex wife pays all the finances of the school to keep it running.
There are two archetypes for the antagonist and the protagonist characters in the story. The first rivalry is between Agatha (protagonist) and the headmistress of the college (antagonist). The second rivalry is between Sydney (antagonist) and his ex-wife(protagonist). There are too innocent characters which are Agatha's two best friends. There is a drunk which is the headmistresses son. The protector would be considered the ex-wife's father, and the person that would push people's buttons would be one of Agatha's best friend's boyfriend who messes with Mengels/ Sydney.
I think the theme of this play is love is strong, but love for politics and social change can cause conflict between loved ones. I thought the play was really funny and had me engaged. It was cool to see the different political views and ways of living in a time period that is much different from today.The different situations with characters and wordplay used was hilarious. The acting was incredible it actually seemed as if the actors had a real British accent. I found a new respect for the actors that play in live shows.