While the Countess von Eichenfels is running to the aid of her husband, who is seriously wounded at the end of a victorious campaign, their only child Heinrich is taken from his cradle by a Gypsy woman, old Juta. Eight years later, Heinrich escapes from the cave where he was held captive by the gypsy band, while the Gypsies are out robbing on the highways. He finds refuge with Menrad, a hermit and a former comrade-in-arms of the Count's squire, Hannes. In pursuit of the robbers, he stops at the hermitage and, with Menrad's help, surprises the two Gypsies who were looking for Heinrich. In the meantime, Juta has been arrested and has confessed everything to the Count. Hannes and Menrad bring Heinrich back to his parents after eight years in captivity.

String marionette

Young audiences

Pocci Franz von

Germany

Munich

Printed

Infant

Family

Gypsies

Cavern

Lost child

Thief

Dramatic

German

Count

Countess

Hermit

Prologue

Song

Story

Monologue

Running away

Transforming scenery

Heinrich von Eichenfels

The tailor Bock lodges a complaint with the mayor Salzmaier against Kasperl, his tenant, for night-time disturbances. Salzmaier wants to put him in prison, but Kasperl, warned by his clerk friend Spritzler, pretends to be Garibaldi, entering the Tyrol leading 50,000 men. He takes up residence in Salzmaier's house, flirts with his wife Margarethe and drinks so much beer... that everyone recognises him: the play ends with a general brawl.

Excessive drinking

Beer

Spousal abuse

Italy

Army

Seduction

Comical

Burlesque

Satirical

Ein politisches Trauerspiel, aus dem Italienischen übersetzt

Clerk

Kasperl

Madame Kasperl

Tailor

Innkeeper

In der Ferne das Garibaldische Armeekorps

Inn scene

Political allegory

Parody of formal language

Word for another

Dialect

Macaronism

Disguise

Brawl

Kasperl als Garibaldi

Kasperl as Garibaldi

The story takes place in Grenada at the beginning of the 16th century. Juan Ramero, a former soldier in the army of Isabella the Catholic, is now a bellringer in a church in town. On the twentieth anniversary of the Reconquista, the inhabitants of Grenada gift a bell made with gold and silver to the old mosque, which was turned into a Catholic church, so that Juan Ramero can ring it to celebrate this anniversary. But Saïd le Maure (the Moor Saïd), who fought Juan Ramero, comes back to avenge himself. He accuses him of having stripped him of his house and of having killed his son. Since then, he became a magician by making a deal with the devil Satanas, and he took advantage of the gullibility of Lola, the servant, to get into the house. In fact, Saïd’s son is not dead – on the day of the last battle between Christians and Muslims, Juan Ramero came across three men fighting over the baby’s crib. Juan Ramero saved him, baptised him under the name Andrès and raised him as his son. However, Saïd knows nothing about this and wants to kill Juan Ramero, his daughter Carmen and Andrès, whom he believes to be Ramero’s son. He makes a deal with Satanas, who grants him the power to transform humans. Saïd chases Juan Ramero and his children in the desert, where he turns Carmen into a myrtle and Andrès into a roebuck. Juan Ramero reveals the whole truth to Saïd. To redeem himself, the latter calls upon Azaël -Satanas’ enemy – who gives the children their original form back. They all make peace and go back to Grenada to start a new life.

Not specified

France

Paris

Manuscript

Orientalism

Bell

Love

Religion

Revenge

Friendship

Foundling

Exile

Fantastic

Fantasy

Adolphe Joly, La Cloche du diable (title page)

French

Devil

Magic spell

Incantation

Comic distortion of language

Aside

Apparition of the Devil

Metamorphosis

Aria

La Cloche du diable

The devil's Bell

Rosa – the keeper of the “Zum Golden Stern” inn – wants her daughter Analies to marry Kasper, the waiter, so that he does not go to war and can protect the inn. But Analies hesitates. She A Zouave, who promises her a rich life after the war, courts her. Kasperl is disappointed and enlists in the Prussian army. After arresting a Jewish spy, he receives a bonus and finds favour with his major who makes him his Fourierschütz (a soldier assigned to an officer for protection and personal service). Kasperl follows his regiment and arrives near Sedan, where he meets Analies again. She has been abandoned in the middle of a battlefield by the Zouave, who was sick of her. She wants to go back to Kasperl. The major forces them to marry. Analies agrees on the spot, but Kasperl has reservations about it: what if she leaves him again? Analies promises to be faithful and Kasperl agrees to marry her. Kasperl’s major must escort prisoners to Strasbourg. Kasperl and Analies go back to the inn. Rosa was worried about her daughter’s and her waiter’s fates. The wedding is celebrated with dances, while rows of prisoners parade outside the inn.

Electronic text

Money

Anti-Semitism

Nationalism

Loyalty in love

Heroic

Kasperls kriegerische Heldenthaten

Fiancée

Waiter

Fourierschütz

Zouave

Prisoner

Captain

Lieutenant

Auxiliary

Shopkeeper

Schoolteacher

Surgeon

Soldier

Batman

Battlefield scene

Love rivalry

Beating with a broom

Death on stage

Dance

Die Schlacht bei Sedan am 2 September 1870

The Battle of Sedan on 2 September 1870

Clotilde wants to follow her husband everywhere he goes. When he sets off for Madagascar with his battalion, she embarks on the ship on a bicycle. Her parents send Guignol – their servant – after her. To arrive in Madagascar before Clotilde does, Guignol invents a flying machine, which combines a hot-air ballon and a bicycle, led by a pigeon. In Madagascar, Maxime fails to convince his wife to return to France. Guignol, who has been brought inside the camp, relates that his machine has frightened the Hovas, allowing him to make it safely to the camp. He leaves in search of two missing sentries. Clotilde decides to go with him, and they are both captured by the Hovas. In Tananarive, the queen of Madagascar stands firm against the French, but she fears that they will bomb the city. Maxime has come to negotiate the surrender of Tananarive. When he hears that Clotilde and Guignol have been captured, the queen presents him with two options: either he modifies the terms of the peace agreement or Clotilde and Guignol are sentenced to death. Clotilde asks Maxime to prioritise the conquest of Tananarive over her life. Guignol convinces the queen to release him and Clotilde. Then the bombing of Tananarive forces the queen to surrender. Maxime reunites with his wife, who is safe and sound.

Glove-puppet

Lyon

Overzealousness

Married life

Bicycle

Bombing

Songe

Flying machine

Pierre Rousset, Guignol à Madagascar (flyleaf)

Father

Mother

Guignol

Domestic servant

General

Hova

Servant

Daughter

Wife

Queen

Sergeant

Versified passages

Oration

Guignol à Madagascar

Guignol in Madagascar

David is risking his life by spying for the Boers. When he learns that the English have gathered their forces outside Kimberley, he warns Louis Botha, the Boer General. Botha sends his infantry against the English. During the battle, David is captured, but the Boers free him. David shouts “Long live freedom!” as he retreats to Kimberley.

Rod and string marionette

Roubaix

Handwritten outline

Freedom

Seat

People and history

Head of a puppet representing a Boer

Épisode de la guerre Anglo-Boers

Boer

Traitor

English man

Execution scene

La Bataille de Kimberley

The Siege of Kimberley

Josuez l’Autrichien (Josuez the Austrian) would like to marry Flore, but her uncle – a rich farmer named Danglois – objects to it. Josuez kills Danglois. Flore believes that her uncle has joined the army. She sets off in search of the French troops, but she ends up meeting the Austrians. When they hear her scream, the French come to her rescue, and they engage in battle against the Austrians.
Josuez tries to get rid of Fanfan, an orphan raised at the farm and who is in love with Flore. Flore returns to the farm. Josuez follows her. Because she does not want to marry him, he wishes to kill her, so he can at least lay hands on the money. Fanfan comes in and kills him. Flore finds the body of her uncle in the well. The French come in and announce that they have won.

Farm

Marseillaise

Well

Farmer

Niece

Captain of volunteers

Austrian

Prussian

Fanfan l'orphelin

Fanfan the orphan

The Prussians launch an attack on the French, who are forced to retreat on the road to Strasbourg. Desaix, a French general, comes up with a plan for a counterattack. Vaury tries to tell Guévan, a Prussian general, about the plan, but he fails to do so. The French counterattack is successful, Guévan is killed, and the Prussians are driven out. Vaury is executed for treason.

Capital executions and executors

Battle

Treason

Spying

Maurice Richard, canevas de L'Espion (1909)

Spy (man)

L'Espion

The Spy

As Carlo Magno’s (Charlemagne) ambassador, Ruggero has gone to ask for the Pope’s help in the impeding war against the African king Agramante and other pagan kings. On the way home, Ruggero kills a snake in the woods. Then, in a port, he saves the princess Aladina as she was being abducted by a giant. At nightfall, Aladina and Ruggero ask for food and bed at Altaripa’s castle. At this moment (in this version), Ruggero is poisoned then killed by the traitor Pinamonte. The necromancer Malagigi hears about the death of Ruggero through demons. But Aladina manages to escape, goes to Carlo Magno’s court and relates this terrible act of treason. The paladins besiege Altaripa’s castle and Bradamante, Ruggero’s wife, kills Pinamonte.