Wilder adapted Nestroy's 1842 version into an Americanized comedy entitled The Merchant of Yonkers, which revolves around Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy Yonkers, New York businessman in the market for a wife.
Wilder converted Nestroy's 1842 comedy into an American adaptation called The Merchant of Yonkers, focusing on Horace Vandergelder, a Yonkers, New York entrepreneur looking for a spouse.