Act I - Patty betrays her good husband Will for grotesque rival Ted ., Will is on the point of unknowingly slaying daughter Patty , by command of an oracle., Will betrays his wife Patty for a married woman, Amy .
Act II - Will struggles with the believers of a deity., Will is a fugitive from justice, pursued for robbery.
Act III - Will witnesses the slaying of his kinsman Ted by Garry , and is powerless to prevent it., Will attempts to obtain the high-tech plans by means of persuasive eloquence., Will and Patty can't get married because Will has been betrothed to someone else., Will is on the point of unknowingly violating his daughter, Patty .
Act IV - Will pursues Garry to avenge the attempted dishonoring of his mistress Patty ., Will is punished for contempt of a deity., Patty `s two ex-husbands Ted and Will fight for her affections.
Act V - Carl becomes the victim of an ambitious intrigue., Will , out of ambition and covetry, heaps crime upon crime., Will develops false suspicion of his friend Ted by misunderstanding their attitude.

Act I - The upstart Ned struggles against his rival the powerful man Max to win the affections of Ofelia ., Will seeks help from Ned `s boss Max for Aaron , Will `s child., Ofelia is rivals with her in-law Vivian for the affections of Ned .
Act II - Ned ambitiously rebels against Max ., Ned discovers he has had a sister, Ofelia , as mistress., Ned recaptures Ofelia , slaying Roger ., Ned is rivals with his lover Roger for the affections of Ofelia .
Act III - Ned and Ofelia can't get married because both have been betrothed to someone else., The poor man Ned struggles against his rival the rich man Max to win the affections of Ofelia ., Ned is pursued for a fault of love - Ned becomes the lover of his sister-in-law, Ofelia ., Ned battles Roger .

Act I - The great Ned is made dispossessed and wretched., Dave fights for his boss Ned against a revolt lead by his enemy Paul .
Act II - Dave pursues Paul to revenge a violation., Dave allows the accusation to fall falsely on his enemy Paul ., Temptations destroy Jill`s sense of virtue.
Act III - Dave unknowingly slays grandfather Victor , in vengeance and through schemes and advice of Paul ., Jill avenges her husband`s death upon her father., Dave struggles against a power.

Act I - Stuart must sacrifice benefactor to his faith., Ian attempts to kill his baby Ethel ., Stuart must sacrifice his son-in-law Ian for the public good., Stuart must sacrifice his daughter Grace in the public interest.
Act II - Stuart pursues Ben to revenge a false accusation., Stuart is a secret agent, and pursues the criminal Ben ., Stuart discovers his wife Grace has been taken advantage of before their marriage.
Act III - Stuart ambitiously rebels against Jack ., Grace causes own misfortune through curiosity., Ian seeks help from Stuart , who is Ian `s parent, for Ian `s cousin, Carl .