<p>Polichinelle stole a wizard's picnic and beat him up. The wizard made a giant hand appear. Chased by the hand, Polichinelle runned into an old woman's house. To get him out, the Hand trapped him with a smelly pâté. Feigning repentance, Polichinelle asked the wizard to free him from the Hand, then killed him and tried to control the Hand. But it threatened him with a pitchfork and carried him away like the Devil would do.</p>

Glove-puppet

Bare hand

All audiences

France

Paris

Duranty Louis Émile Edmond

Printed

Hand

The Devil's Hand

Hunger

Thirst

Wine

Theft

Sorcery

Pâté

Cunning

False repentance

Comical

Farcical

Fantastic

French

Polichinelle

Magician

Old woman

Part of human body

Devil

Monologue

Song

Aside

Blow-with-a-stick

Chase

Magical formula

Hands visible

Plot twist

Address to the public

Thumbing one's nose

Slaps

Punching

Off-stage voice

Final intervention of the devil

La Grand'Main

The Big Hand