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.

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Germany

Electronic text

Money

Anti-Semitism

Nationalism

Loyalty in love

Heroic

Dramatic

Comical

German

Kasperls kriegerische Heldenthaten

Innkeeper

Fiancée

Waiter

Fourierschütz

Kasperl

Zouave

Prisoner

Captain

Lieutenant

Auxiliary

Shopkeeper

Schoolteacher

Surgeon

Soldier

Batman

Battlefield scene

Love rivalry

Beating with a broom

Death on stage

Dance

Song

Die Schlacht bei Sedan am 2 September 1870

The Battle of Sedan on 2 September 1870

As planet Earth is covered by oceans, molten matter is cooling down. Dinosaurs are cooing among the ferns, and the first rocks are starting to form. A naked man from the Stone Age is proudly mounting a horse he has recently tamed. Jules César (Julius Caesar), also on horseback, is posing. Then come the crusades, and Godefroid de Bouillon is proclaimed King of Jerusalem. Centuries later, his equestrian statue is erected on the Royal Square. The horse is replaced by a boat. The city and its port reach the highest point of their history.

Shadow theatre

Belgium

Brussels

Printed summary

Statue équestre

Géologie

Paléontologie

Darwinism

Essor économique

Epic

Illustration by Léon Dardenne from a programme of the Théâtre du Diable au Corps, December 1896.

Die Schlacht bei Sedan am 2 September 1870

Kasperls kriegerische Heldenthaten

Godefroid de Bouillon à travers les âges

Fantaisie lyrique en sept tableaux