The play is a farce about a widow named Sadie Love, who marries a prince but discovers he still has feelings for a previous girlfriend.

The six travel first to the home of Sadie's aunt, Mrs. Warrington, who disapproves of the group's romantic complications, then to the cruise ship the prince has booked for the honeymoon.

The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:[1] In 1913, playwright Avery Hopwood wrote a play titled Miss Jenny O'Jones.

[6] Like many of Hopwood's comedies, Sadie Love derives much of its humor from indicating that the characters want to engage in illicit sex, but thwarting them before they can follow through.

[5] This type of humor was key to the play's appeal to audiences, but created controversy among critics for defying the conservative sexual mores of the time.