The daughter of a duke is banished from her home by her cruel uncle, and poses as a man for protection. She learns a poet she is in love with is also gone into exile, and uses her disguise to discover how he feels about her. Shakespeare comedy presented in a modern urban setting, with Emma Croft, Andrew Tiernan,James Fox and Griff Rhys Jones.

Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.