Act I - Kilgore in madness ensures the loss of his in-law Carl ., Ned abducts Tanisha , who goes unwillingly., Kilgore , out of ambition and covetry, heaps crime upon crime.
Act II - Kilgore struggles with the believers of a deity., Kilgore must solve a riddle on pain of death., Kilgore must sacrifice his wife Tanisha , unknown to others, out of necessity.
Act III - Kilgore is falsely accused through the actions of his enemy Ned , who is the real culprit., Tanisha decides to slay her husband Kilgore for her lover Carl .
Act IV - Kilgore in madness slays Tanisha ., Kilgore discovers he must punish his mother Tanisha to avenge his father Carl ., Kilgore is on the point of taking his sister, Tanisha , unknowingly, as mistress.
Act V - Kilgore attempts to obtain the secret weapon by means of persuasive eloquence with a Judge., Kilgore finds Carl , who has been unjustly imprisoned., Kilgore is falsely accused through the actions of his enemy Ned ., Kilgore is pursued for a fault of love - Kilgore and his sister Tanisha are in love with each other.

Act I - Herbert becomes the victim of an ambitious intrigue., Kilgore must sacrifice his child Edgar , unknown to others, out of necessity., Kilgore is a fugitive from justice, pursued for robbery., Kilgore discovers he has married his sister, Ofelia .
Act II - Ofelia loves Kilgore , but he has killed her kinsman Ian ., Kilgore and Ofelia can't get married because Ofelia has been betrothed to someone else., Ofelia decides to slay her trusting lover Kilgore ., Kilgore sacrifices his life for filial piety.
Act III - Dave offers Kilgore temptations in order to discover his sex., Kilgore prepares for war against Paul ., Paul attempts to obtain the sacred key by means of persuasive eloquence., Kilgore is pursued for a fault of love - Kilgore successfully seduces another man, Ian .

Act I - Kate betrays her good husband Max for inferior rival Stuart ., Max and Kate can't get married because they have conflicting temperaments.
Act II - Kate is in love with her son Max , Max sacrifices modesty for the life of a loved one.
Act III - Kate decides to slay her husband Max for her lover Paul ., Kate decides to slay her husband Stuart for her lover Max .
Act IV - Max and Kate can't get married because they are of unequal wealth., Max avenges his father`s death upon his mother Paul ., Max must solve a riddle on pain of death.
Act V - Kate ruins her life through passion., Kate loves Max , but he is hated by her kinsman Stuart .

Act I - Jack is pursued for a fault of love - Hillary is in love with her son Jack , Nancy causes own misfortune through curiosity.
Act II - The great Ned is made dispossessed and wretched., Jack in madness slays Max , his child.
Act III - Jack , out of ambition and covetry, heaps crime upon crime., Jack is foretold of Max `s death.
Act IV - Jack must solve a riddle on pain of death., Jack discovers dishonor in the family of his fiancee, Hillary ., Jack attempts to obtain the ancient key by means of a ruse and force.
Act V - Jack witnesses the slaying of his kinsman Max by Ben , and is powerless to prevent it., Jack avenges his mother`s death upon his father Ben ., Jack is falsely accused through the actions of his enemy Ben .