<p>Two hungry lawyers are looking for clients by all means. One would like to urge Pierrot, the other Mme Bégriche to sue anyone under any pretext. But they refuse, flee and then hit the lawyers. The two lawyers join forces to create a dispute: one kills Pierrot's cat and accuses Mme Bégriche of the crime, while the other kills Mme Bégriche's parrot and blames the cat. Dragged to court by their lawyers, the two plaintiffs, victims of the Commissaire's stupidity, were sentenced to be hanged. But they escape without paying any fees and beat up the lawyers who are chasing them. The two lawyers blame each other for this failure and fight to death.</p>

Glove-puppet

All audiences

France

Paris

Duranty Louis Émile Edmond

Printed

Hunger

Lawyer

Trial

Court

Speech for the defense

Parody of justice

Hanging

Parrot

Blows with a stick

Injustice

Crime

Latin expressions

False testimony

Discord

Comical

Satirical

Parodistic

Farcical

French

Pierrot

Commissioner

Misunderstanding

Blow-with-a-stick

Chase

Fight to the death

Court scene

Parodic trial

Les Plaideurs malgré eux

The Plaintiffs in spite of themselves

<p>Casper is accused by a farmer of stealing his hay and the cart and cow that went with it. He tries to bargain over the compensation and settles the matter with a stick. In court, he insults the judge and beats the policeman. The peasant asks for him to be hanged, but Casper finds out and hangs him instead. Then he beats the policeman again. The judge wants him tortured and executed, but Casper beats him to death.</p>

Young audiences

Germany

Sonneberg

Justice

Theft

Retribution

Punishment

Gallows

Torture

Police

Jail

Prosecution

Violence

Assassination

Embezzlement

Silliness

Wickedness

Insubordination

Ironic

German

Kasperl

Judge

Policeman

Peasant

Address to the public

Versified passages

Flying machine

Stichomythia

Foul language register

Comic Equivocation

Hanging scene

Murder on stage

Epilogue

Casper soll ins Gefängnis kommen

Casper must go to jail