简介：DixianaCaldwellandherfriends,PeeweeandGinger,arecircusperformersintheantebellumSouth.WhenDixianafallsinlovewithayoungSouthernaristocrat,CarlVanHorn,sheleavesthecircuswheresheisemployedand,withPeeweeandGinger,accompaniesCarltohisfamily'splantationinordertomeetVanHorn'sfamily.Atfirstthrilledwiththenewsoftheirimpendingnuptials,Carl'sfatherandstepmother,CorneliusandBirdieVanHorn,throwalavishpartyforthecouple.However,PeeweeandGingerinadvertentlydiscloseDixiana'sbackgroundasacircusperformer,creatingascandalfortheelderVanHorns. Askedbythestepmothertoleaveindisgrace,DixianaandherfriendsreturntoNewOrleans,seekingtogainre-employmentfromherformeremployerattheCayetanoCircusTheatre,buttheyareregretfullyrefusedbyhim,duetowayshehaddeparted.Desperate,shetakesemploymentatalocalgamblinghall,runbyRoyalMontague,whoalsohaspersonaldesignsonDixiana.Aspartofhisplan,heintendstofinanciallyruinCarlandhisfamilyanduseDixianatoaccomplishthatpurpose. ThingscometoaheadwhenDixianaiscrownedQueenoftheMardiGras.WhenMontagueabscondswithher,Carlchallengeshimtoaduel,but,whenadisguisedDixianashowsupinhisstead,shetricksMontagueintorevealinghisnefariousplans.CarlandDixianaarereunited.[4]…