there's lady wishfort. she is an elderly, wealthy and rather silly dowager who's still looking for romance. today, she would be in the plastic surgery set. she is in love with mirabell, that's a fella. and then there's her nephew, sir wilful witwoud, who is a country bumpkin-type drunk, who's not the slightest bit interested in auntie's carryings-on. then there is mirabell, who in spite of his name is very macho. he's had an affair with mistress fainall, who is the daughter of lady wishfort, and mistress marwood, and he's pretending to have an affair with lady wishfort, so as to get to her niece, millamant, who's in love with mirabell. but she's very fashionable and spoilt, and everybody is in love with her, including two rather silly fellows, witwoud and petulant, who, personally, i think are going with each other. and then there is fainall, a very disagreeable fellow, who is married to lady wishfort's daughter and having an affair with mistress marwood. lady wishfort controls millamant's fortune and she c