Don Giovanni poses as Don Ottavio and rapes his fiancée Donna Anna in the Royal Palace of Naples and then flees after snuffing the candle of the king – who came running when he heard her scream. His uncle Don Pietro helps him run away – he will make sure Don Ottavio is accused. Don Giovanni leaves Naples for Castile with his valet Famiola. On the way, their boat sinks. Don Giovanni takes advantage of the opportunity to rape the shepherdess who rescued them, much to the displeasure of Famiola, who thought he had charmed her by posing as his master. In Castile, they meet Don Ottavio, who went into exile with his valet Brighella. The king of Castile promised him the commander Oliola’s (or Ogliola) daughter – who is also called Donna Anna. Don Giovanni tries to have her before his rival does, but he is caught by Oliola and kills him in a duel. Then he sees the monument the king had built in the commander’s memory, and he invites his statue over for dinner. The statue comes and invites him too. Don Giovanni goes with Famiola, and he agrees to take the statue’s hand. The statue urges him to repent, but he refuses and is taken to Hell. Brighella, who was chasing Don Giovanni, finds Famiola alone and offers him employment at the court of the king of Castile. The play ends with a scene showing Don Giovanni desperate in hell.

Glove-puppet

Not specified

Italy

Milan

Printed

Seducer

Seduction

Murder

Assassination

Shipwreck

Haughtiness

Atheism

Rape

Comical

Italian

Il castigo impensato, con Famiola disgraziato in amore

Don Pietro

Duke

Don Juan

Valet

Brighella

Commander

Anna

Sheperherdess

Final intervention of the devil

Letter

Disguise

Word for another

Comical regional accent

Murder on stage

Bawdy equivocation

Transforming scenery

Dialect

Don Giovanni il disoluto

Don Giovanni the dissolute

Kasperl leaves for America on a boat, but is swallowed by a whale that spits him out on an island inhabited by cannibals. They salt him and smear him in whale fat. Attracted by the smell of fat, an eagle kidnaps Kasperl on the verge of being eaten and takes him back to Europe. Kasperl manages to escape and meets a horseman who takes him back to his family. The play ends as a prologue with an invitation to take a seat in front of the puppet theatre for the start of the main performance.

Shadow theatre

Young audiences

Pocci Franz von

Germany

Munich

Boat

Navigation

Navy

America

Fish

Leviathan

Unknown land

Island

Sausage

Beer

Thirst

Hunger

Cannibalism

Savage

Kidnapping

Horse

Family

Fantasy

German

Kasperl

Baleine

Cannibale

Eagle

Horserider

Madame Kasperl

Child

Monologue

Play in verse

Chorus

Sung scenes

Macaronism

Unexpected turn of events

Puppet theatre within the theatre

Kasperl bei den Menschenfressern

Kasperl among the anthropophagi

Mr. Casperl, a wealthy man of private income, has an appointment with Lieutenant Säbelmaier and the wife of the secretary Federspitzen for an excursion to Lake Starnberg near Munich, but his barber comes too late and he has to leave in a hurry to catch his train, which had been announced late. In the second part of the play, the boat of the three excursionists is wrecked by a sudden storm on the lake. Säbelmaier and Mrs. Federspitzen probably managed to save themselves. Casperl has been living like Robinson for eight days in a deserted forest by the lake. He finally meets a sheep with whom he can talk about philosophy, because it is in fact the reincarnation of a professor and living proof of the truth of metempsychosis. But they argue and the sheep flees in the face of another coming storm. A hunter then finds Casperl passed out and wants to bring him to justice as a poacher, but ends up recognising him as the man who disappeared eight days ago, and Casperl concludes by recommending that the audience take the steamboat instead.

String marionette

Manuscript

Train

Railway

Train station

Independently wealthy person

Military

Secretary

Civil servant

Bourgeoisie

Barber

Robinson

Lamb

Sheep

Professor

Metempsychosis

Reincarnation

Philosophy

Hinduism

Pantheism

Poacher

Loneliness

Parodistic

Burlesque

Humorous

Die Parthie nach Starnberg; Herr Casperl als Robinson

Die Parthie nach Starnberg

Lieutenant

Hunter

Mouton

Dream

Talking animal

Scene of recognition

Criticism of actors' theatre

Off-stage voices

Address to the public

Aria

Argument

Caricature

Philosophical dialogue

Casperl als Robinsohn

Casperl as Robinson

In a prologue, the pirate Willie McGowan expresses his love for pillaging ships and their treasures. Yet he is weary of being assaulted by warships since the thieves generally attack in the morning when everyone is asleep. Many men die, and the pirates' only booty is a few bottles of rum. Thus, Willie decides to give up his ship and to return to his hometown to take up a less depressing occupation. Three years go by, and Willie leads a contented life. He works on a boat, the Gleaner, and is well-paid. The ship's owner, Old Henderson, asks him to accompany migrants who want to go to America. Willie refuses; the Gleaner, he believes, will sink after three days at sea. Old Henderson tries to convince him that if the ship sinks, he could return on a sailboat stored onboard. He would be paid a handsome sum as the migrants have already paid their fares. Willie again responds with a no as he does not want to deceive the passengers. Old Henderson accuses him of cowardice and no longer being the pirate he once was. Jessie Henderson, his daughter, encourages Willie to go after the money since she could not possibly marry a poor man. Old Henderson finally decides to make the crossing with his daughter; he dreamt he would find treasure in the old garden near the Point, and he interpreted this as a good omen. Willie digs in the spot Old Henderson described and finds the treasure. The master of the crew, Bosun Hardbite, announces that all have survived the sea journey, except Old Henderson and his daughter.