The Duke of Marlborough is a no-good member of British aristocracy. While at the same time preying at his wife's chambermaid, he is madly jealous about a romantic sparkle between his wife and his own valet. In a plan to conscript the valet and have him terminated, the Duke wages war against France. With fatal consequences for himself. TV recording of an outdoor stage production of Achard's 1924 satirical comedy.