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Romantic havoc ensues in the town of Bath when Sir Anthony arrives to arrange the marriage of his son Captain Jack Absolute to the wealthy Lydia Languish. Jack and Lydia are already in love, but because of Lydia's obsession with romantic novels, Jack has disguised himself as a poor officer named Ensign Beverly and he is only one of Lydia's many suitors.

Can a secret identity survive the absurd romantic delusions of a woman obsessed with bodice-ripper novels? This period comedy finds humor in the chaotic collision between real affection and theatrical fantasy.