about Will's lack of spirit; she even tries to put some spring in his step. Once he hangs out his own sign - Will Mossop Master Bootmaker - Will is walking happy. And so, it seems, is everyone else in town. Still, the feeling between Will and Maggie is odd, though they are elated over their first sale: a pair of shoelaces. Hobson, it would seem, hasn't changed a bit in Maggie's absence, except that he's spending more time at Moonraker's. A late-night fit of delirium tremens sends him tottering into the street, where he gets lost and fails into the corn chute of Beenstock's grain warehouse. When Hobson awakens in the corn chute, he is furious to learn that Beenstock is suing him for trespassing, and he vows to stop being such an easy touch. Alice and Vickie are doing their best, which isn't very good, to take Maggie's place at their father's boot shop. They are surprised when Will and Maggie turn up to invite the girls to their wedding. They accept and even kiss Will on the cheek. He's still a little unsure but resigned anyway to the inevitability of the wedding. At Will and Maggie's wedding in their new shop, Hobson makes an unexpected appearance. It isn't the wedding he's upset about, though, it's Beenstock's lawsuit. They hammer out a new, more reasonable agreement about the dowries for Alice and Vickie, and Hobson even agrees to wear the blue rosette of the temperance league. Most importantly, though, he asks Will and Maggie to come back to work for him. Will sees the wisdom in this move, reminding Maggie of her own earlier arguments. Hobson is so relieved that agrees to rename the business: Mossop and Hobson. After the wedding crowd has left, though, Will is too shy to take Maggie to bed. He's still unsure. But when Maggie makes it clear she'll leave him, he sees how much he needs her - that, in fact, he can't live without her. That is what she has been waiting to hear. And, as she takes his hand, he leads her to bed as the curtain falls. MUSICAL NUMBERS: Think of Something Else - Hobson, George, Townsmen Where Was I? - Maggie How D'ya Talk to a Girl? - Will, Tubby Clog and Grog (dance) - Townsmen If I Be Your Best Chance - Will A Joyful Thing (dance) - Will, Mrs Figgins, Ada Figgins, Townspeople What Makes It Happen? - Will Use Your Noggin - Maggie, Vickie, Alice You're Right, You're Right - Maggie I'll Make a Man of the Man - Maggie Walking Happy - Will, Maggie, Townspeople I Don't Think I'm in Love - Will, Maggie Such a Sociable Sort - Hobson, Friends It Might As Well Be Her - Will, Tubby People Who Are Nice - Hobson You're Right, You're Right (reprise) - Will, Maggie, Hobson I Don't Think I'm in Love (reprise) - Will SCENES AND SETTINGS The action takes place in Salford, an industrial town in Lancashire, England, in 1880. Act 1 Scene 1: The Moonrakers Pub. Night. Scene 2: Hobson's Bootery. Scene 3: The Cellar of the Bootery. Scene 4: The Moonrakers Pub. Scene 5: The Park. Scene 6: A Street in the poor section of Salford. Scene 7: An Alley lit by gaslight. Evening of the same day. Scene 8: The Bootery.
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