The elderly Arnolphe has decided to marry a young woman, Agnes, whom he has fallen in love with. She is too young and innocent to realize what plans he has for her. But Agnes and Horace's young friend, the dandy Horace, have fallen in love with each other. Their love is a threat to Arnolphe's attempt at getting married. Can the cunning Arnolphe stop them? Alf Sjerg's last production for The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm transferred to TV by Ingmar Bergman. Hustruskolan is about the old bachelor Arnolphe who has decided to get married to the young Agnes, but gets an unexpected rival in Horace, who is the same age as her.