Sly Fox

This hilarious comedy, which is based on Ben Jonson’s early 17th-century play Volpone and updated to late 1800s San Francisco, depicts a day in the life of Foxwell J. Sly , a con man extraordinaire trying to convince the town he’s dying so he can safely walk away with all the gold he’s fleeced the townspeople out of. He is ably assisted by Simon Able, a gambler Sly saved from financial destitution, now paying off his debts to Sly through service.