WILD OATS

by McLure, James

James McLure has transferred O’Keefe’s restoration comedy to the American Old West, retaining the basic plot structure of the original play while ingeniously transferring the events and people to the American frontier. Transforming the scheming servants and lustful gentry to music hall girls and cavalrymen, the story follows mistaken identities and long lost reunifications in an increasingly convoluted spin until a happy ending is eventually reached, providing both a field day for performers and sheer delight for audiences.