Don Juan tries to blindside his rival Don Philippo by abducting Donna Amarillis during the night. But he is caught by her father – the governor of Seville Don Pietro – whom he kills in a duel. Then he tries in vain to borrow money to an old cousin (or to his own father, whom he eventually murders in the second version). When he mentions selling his soul, Hans Wurst wants to help him out by making the devil appear thanks to a formula he learnt from a magician. However, Don Juan mocks the devil and Hans Wurst is swept into the air on a giant sausage – thankfully, he lands at the inn where his master was waiting for him. After a shipwreck, the two men reunite in a wood near Seville. There, they also meet a hermit and Don Juan forces him to give him his clothes. Don Philippo arrives and drives them out of the woods. Don Juan stabs him and leaves him for dead. Then he attempts another time to seduce a shepherdess and Donna Amarillis, who also went hunting. Don Philippo’s men are still after Don Juan and Hans Wurst, who manage to get to an inn near the church’s cemetery. Don Juan invites the statue of the governor Don Pietro for dinner, then agrees to follow his guest into the vault, where he dies in the pains of hell. As for Hans Wurst, he marries the manager of the inn.

Not specified

Germany

Dresden

Printed

Unwelcome seducer

Seducer

Assassination

Gangster

Parricide

Servant

Valet

Murder

Serial murder

Phantom

Revenant

Religion

Morality

Abduction

German

Don Juan, der vierfache Mörder, oder das Gastmahl um Mitternacht auf dem Kirchhofe

Der steinerne Gast

Don Pietro

Donna Marillis

Don Filippo

Don Juan

Hanswurst

Pantolfius

Hermit

Landlady

Court usher

Hunter

Ghost

Devil

Apparition

Fury

Song

Final intervention of the devil

Disguise

Metamorphosis

Inn scene

Lazzi

Monologue

A dove is saved from a vulture by the knight Theobald and finds shelter in the knight’s daughter’s (Agnes) lap. At this moment, their neighbour – a widow called Rosalinde – and her daughter Emma come to ask for Theobald’s protection against Ulrich von der Wart, who wants to grab her land. As a token of friendship, Agnes gives Emma her dove. Ulrich has hired a robber to break into Theobald’s castle to put it to the fire and the sword with the help of his group. The robbers dress as pilgrims and stop at Rosalinde’s place. But Casperl, Rosalinde’s servant, uncovers their plot and tells his madam. Theobald, his family and servants would have been lost had Emma not thought of sending the dove to Agnes, with a message to warn them. The robbers find themselves powerless. Theobald besieges Ulrich’s castle, and the latter is killed during the fight.

String marionette

Young audiences

Pocci Franz von

Munich

Middle Ages

Widow

Knighthood

Justice

Rapacity

Friendship

Pilgrimage

Castle

Drink

Crusades

Seat

Dramatic

Burlesque

Illustration by Franz Pocci for the first edition of the play

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Knight

Dietrich le Noir

Kasperl

Guard

Horserider

Off-stage voice

Letter

Story

Die Taube

The Dove

The King learns, thanks to an anonymous letter, that Kasimir, his daughter Pumfia’s fiancé, is none other than the terrible bandit Jaromir. When Jaromir appears and confirms to Pumfia that the news is true, the King challenges him to a duel. But Jaromir, victorious, cuts off the King’s head. Pumfia wants to retire to a convent. Jaromir offers to console her and they run away together: love conquers all.

Don Juan

Der steinerne Gast

Die Taube

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Der Sieg der Liebe

Ein altes Puppenspiel