A Proposal Under Difficulties: A Farce

"A Proposal Under Difficulties: A Farce" by John Kendrick Bangs is a funny play set in the late 1800s that makes fun of love and getting engaged. It is about the silly problems that happen when people try to ask someone to marry them. The story takes place in a fancy living room in New York, where two guys, Robert Yardsley and Jack Barlow, both want to marry Dorothy Andrews. Robert is getting ready to ask Dorothy to marry him, but he accidentally asks the maid, Jennie, instead, who thinks he is serious. This mistake causes lots of funny situations and makes Jack Barlow angry because he likes Dorothy too. With lots of mix-ups and funny timing, the play ends happily when Robert finally asks Dorothy to marry him, and she says yes, even after all the craziness.