The Virgin Unmasked is a short comic ballad opera, also known as An Old Man Taught Wisdom. It is set in a household where a elderly guardian, Mr Goodall, keeps his young niece Lucy closely confined and wants to control her future.
Lucy proves more knowing than he imagines, and a lively servant and a would-be suitor help her. The piece is a light farce about youth, authority and worldly innocence, and it was among Fielding's popular afterpieces.