ACT 1

Our story takes place in Lonesome Gulch, a town in the Old West. Miss Addy is a wealthy rancher who loves to read romantic stories. She thinks she isn’t interested in marrying any of the local cowboys, because the stories seem so much more exciting.

One cowboy named Jimmy Reno loves Miss Addy and wants to marry her, but he is too shy to tell her. A soldier named Bill Corey likes Miss Addy, too, and he is bold enough to ask her to marry him. Jimmy hears this and is very upset!

A cure-all peddler named Dr. Dulcamara comes to town. She sells fake medicine to the townsfolk. Jimmy Reno asks for an elixir of love that will make Addy fall in love with him. Dr. Dulcamara sells him a potion, which is really just root beer! Naturally, it does not work for Jimmy.

ACT 2

Jimmy sees that Miss Addy and Bill Corey are about to get married, and he wants more elixir so it will work faster. To get money to buy more of this potion, Jimmy joins the army. So, now he has more ‘elixir of love’ that does not work and he has to leave Miss Addy to be a soldier – his plan is not working!

Dr. Dulcamara decides to help Jimmy and Addy understand that they love each other without the elixir. Dr. Dulcamara gives the money back to Bill Corey that he paid Jimmy to join the army, so Jimmy is now free to marry Addy. Bill Corey isn’t sad – he thinks there are plenty of other girls he might like. And Dr. Dulcamara quits selling fake medicines and settles down in Lonesome Gulch to write a newspaper column giving advice!

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