It is soon revealed that he wears the dress in an attempt to create a folk legend about a spirit called "The Mysterious Stranger" haunting the construction of a highway though Couva.
The two bandits attempt to rob Euphony, but she dissuades them by telling them of fifteen thousand dollars in an unguarded payroll truck meant for workers on the highway.
The mayor and the other members of the borough council unsuccessfully attempt to bribe Otto and the act ends with the unexpected return of a long lost fiancé of Euphony named Cardiff Joe from Wales.
The Yale Repertory Theatre cast included Norman Matlock as Otto, Angela Basset as Drusilla, Barbara Montgomery as Euphony, Sullivan Walker as The Limer, Charles S. Dutton as Mr. Mongroo, and Gilbert Lewis as Cardiff Joe.
[2] According to Helen Gilbert and Joanne Tompkins, Beef, No Chicken is a critique of neocolonialism and neoimperialism in which Mangroo serves as a stand-in for American multinational corporations.