<p>Two inhabitants from Gotham run into each other on a bridge. The first inhabitant asks the second one where he is going and what he is about to do. The second one answers that he is going to Gotham, and the first one adds that he is headed to Nottingham to buy sheep. After many misunderstandings, the second citizen states that he will forbid the first one to cross the bridge upon his return. They both fight with wooden sticks without actually hitting each other, and they raise a cloud of dust. A third inhabitant arrives with a donkey that carries sacks of wheat grains. He makes fun of them, and asks them to empty the sacks into the river to explain that their heads are as empty as these bags.</p>

Glove-puppet

Not specified

Craig Edward Gordon

Italy

Rapallo

Great Britain

London

Printed

Madness

Peasant

Comical

Satirical

Absurd

English

A Blithering Interlude for Burattini

Dialogue of the deaf

Archaic speech

Comedy of language

Misunderstanding

Blow-with-a-stick

Ridiculous fight

The Three Men of Gotham

Les Trois Hommes de Gotham