Betrothal in a Monastery

About the show

Don Jerome plans to marry his daughter Louisa to the wealthy fishmonger Mendoza, though Louisa loves Antonio. The Duenna helps Louisa escape by switching clothes with her, and Louisa borrows her friend Clara’s identity. Meanwhile, Clara has fled home and hopes to enter a convent. Confusions and mistaken identities lead Mendoza and Antonio to pursue the women they love, while Ferdinand searches for Clara. At the monastery the truth is revealed and three marriages are arranged; Don Jerome is surprised by the newlyweds at his feast.