Kasperl had a rocket built for him, but he has yet to pay for it as he wants to test it first. A Gerichtsvollzieher (Bailiff) has to seize the rocket while the Flughafenwächter (Airport security guard) is about to sell it to another client. Kasperl fools them and, despite Gretl’s protest, he hops on the rocket and flies to the Moon. There, he encounters the Mondmann (Moon man), his wife, and other characters. A fight starts because the Mondmann wants to get rid of Kasperl: he is afraid that his star will become a tourist destination. Kasperl goes back to Earth and is interviewed on his trip. To pay for his journey, he suggests displaying the rocket in a museum.

Glove-puppet

Young audiences

Eckart Walther

Germany

Printed

Moon

Rocket

Tourism

Colonialism

Space

Crater

Hunger

Space flight

Theatre at school

Fantasy

Suggestion of scenery for the second act of Kasperl Larifaris Mondfahrt

German

Ein Handpuppenspiel

Kasperl

Madame Kasperl

Court usher

Guardian

Journalist

Pilot

Address to the public

Brawl

Argument

Monologue

Metadiscourse on puppet theatre

Kasperl Larifaris Mondfahrt

Kasperl Larifari's trip to the Moon

A young boy named Pepperl is sick and can't go out. With the collaboration of Kasperl, who replaces him in bed and takes the medicines meant for him, Pepperl escapes from his house to go see the Christmas manger. Arriving on a flying saucer and disguised as an astronaut, the Man on the Moon convinces Kasperl and Pepperl to escape the boring festive season to celebrate Christmas on the Moon. Upon their arrival, they learn that the Man on the Moon was deceiving them. Kasperl loses his memory of his life on Earth. Thanks to the intervention of the Girl on the Moon and of Saint Nicolas who brings him a musical Christmas ornament, Kasperl recovers his memory. Saint Nicolas, Kasperl, and Pepperl return to Earth, where they are awaited by Father Christmas to celebrate the holiday.

String marionette

Munich

Audio-visual recording

Forced marriage

Identity

Nostalgia

Sadness

Cosmic journey

Visit

Regrets

Countdown

Oversight

Threat

Astronaut

Journey

Christmas

Pepperl

Inhabitants on the moon

Grand-father

Saint Nicholas

Doctor

Dialect

Object coming to life

Disguised character (false identity)

Flying character

Letter

Flying machine

Apparition

Entrance from below stage

Die klingende Weihnachtskugel

La boule de Noël musicale