Tom Taylor's historical comedy melodrama. Asa from Kentucky comes to snobbish England to claim his inheritance and ends up saving the family from ruin. Adapted by PNT Artistic Director Lance Davis for the Parson's Nose Theater. 80 minutes. Melodrama, getting the audience to boo and cheer and have a grand time. And providing a launch into a discussion of what happened on that fateful night in Ford's theater. "You sockdollagizin' old mantrap" was the big laugh to which actor John Wilkes Booth timed his shot. Full production or Readers Theater. Our podcast available at www.parsonsnose.com. Suitable for copying.