Don Perlimplín is an elderly bachelor who has been convinced by his servant to marry his neighbour Belisa - a teenager offered to the man by her mother. But tragedy unfurls on their wedding night when Belisa confesses to having a passionate romance with another man. Grappling with this deception, Perlimplín must decide how to respond to this treachery...

'Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su Jardín' is performed in both English and Spanish during the same performance, with two different casts.