Lizzie finds contemporary life abhorrent. Out of innocence she marries a man who turns out to be a gangster. When she discovers this she runs away and finds sanctuary in a pawnshop run by an old man whom she knew and trusted as a child. The gangsterMoreLizzie finds contemporary life abhorrent. Out of innocence she marries a man who turns out to be a gangster. When she discovers this she runs away and finds sanctuary in a pawnshop run by an old man whom she knew and trusted as a child. The gangster tries to track Lizzie down, but the pawnbroker, sick and lonely, determines to shelter her.
Lizzie lives in a world of memories fostered by her innocence and romantic other-worldliness, which makes it hard for her to face the very real danger ahead. The play moves toward a final gripping conflict as a showdown between the forces of good and evil becomes imminent.Play, produced on Broadway in 1951