<Li> Miss Kate Hardcastle--Daughter to Mr. Hardcastle, and the play's stooping - to - conquer heroine . Kate respects her father, dressing plainly in his presence to please him . The formal and respectful relationship that she shares with her father, contrasts with that between Tony and Mrs. Hardcastle . Kate enjoys "French frippery" and the attributes of the town, much as her mother does . She is both calculating and scheming, posing as a maid and deceiving Marlow, causing him to fall in love with her . </Li> <Li> Miss Constance Neville--Niece of Mrs. Hardcastle, she is the woman whom Hastings intends to court . Constance despises her cousin Tony, she is heir to a large fortune of jewels, hence her aunt wants her to remain in the family and marry Tony; she is secretly an admirer of George Hastings however . Neville schemes with Hastings and Tony to get the jewels so she can then flee to France with her admirer; this is essentially one of the sub-plots of She Stoops to Conquer . </Li> <Li> Sir Charles Marlow--A minor character and father of Charles Marlow; he follows his son, a few hours behind . Unlike his son, he does not meet Tony Lumpkin in the Three Pigeons alehouse, and thus is not confused . He is an old friend of Mr. Hardcastle, both of them once having been in the British military, and is quite pleased with the union of his son and his friend's daughter . Sir Charles enjoys the follies of his son, but does not understand these initially . However, he is quite upset when his son treats Kate as a maid . </Li> <P> There have been a number of film and television adaptations of the play over the years: </P>

She stoops to conquer can be considered a burlesque type of play