Delightful deceits, hilarious plot turns and mayhem ensue with Oliver Goldsmith’s “She Stoops to Conquer” from the National Theatre Live, On Screen at Orcas Center on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m.

One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s “She Stoops to Conquer,” first performed in London in 1773, offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family. A young lady poses as a servant girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits and hilarious plot turns ensue.

The plot: Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal’s son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he’s mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he’s a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle’s indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle’s appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.

Music plays a more benign role in this bouncy revival. The director Jamie Lloyd uses wordless, infectiously silly a cappella singing – performed by the entire ensemble — to bridge the scenes of this late 18th-century frolic of love, lucre and mistaken identity.

Tickets are $15, $11 for students ($2 off for Orcas Center members) and may be purchased on www.orcascenter.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center box office.