The Double Widowing

"The Double Widowing" by Charles Rivière Dufresny is a funny play that takes place long ago, focusing on love, lies, and what people expected from each other back then, especially when it came to marriage. The story happens at the fancy home of a Countess, and it's all about a widow, her supposedly dead husband, and several people who want to marry her. The widow, Mrs. Bramble, thinks she's free, but she doesn't know that the Countess is trying to set up marriages for everyone. Her husband, Mr. Bramble, is actually alive, but he's been tricked into thinking he's a widower because everyone thinks he died. Then there's Desmond, who likes Arabella, and their secret plans get mixed up with everything else. There are lots of mix-ups and silly situations that come from what the characters want and the funny twists that lead to love, jokes, and the characters not caring so much about what society thinks. In the end, everything is messy but happy.