A Trick to Catch the Old One

About the show

Indebted gentleman Witgood disguises his former mistress as a wealthy widow to trick his usurer uncle into restoring his estates. The rival usurer Hoard steals the supposed widow, unaware she is penniless; she persuades Lucre to return Witgood’s property, while Witgood uses a feigned precontract to make Hoard pay his debts and marries Joyce. At the wedding, Hoard discovers the deception, but the parties reconcile.