One character contracts syphilis, which causes his nose to rot away, and a whole musical number is based around this.

It is implied that one character is homosexual, and at one point he claims to have been "molested" by a sea-captain who dresses him in his late wife's clothes.

Two female characters become prostitutes, and another one is implied to be promiscuous into old age.

Several characters are run through with swords and one is hanged by the Holy Inquisition, though characters have a tendency to return to life inexplicably.

There is no profanity in this title.