<p>The fisherman's daughter Lisi and the young bird-catcher Wastl live by a lake in Germany. They offer hospitality to the painter Wilhelm, who has just returned from Italy. The short play ends with a song to nature and joy.</p>

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Pocci Franz von

Germany

Munich

Manuscript

Fishing

Bird

Nature

Painting

Artist

Picturesque

Countryside

Birdcatcher

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Bucolic

Forest

Wood

Happiness

Painter

Music

Italy

Journey

Hospitality

Childhood

Lyrical

German

Allegory

Monologue

Metatheatre

Song

Final song

Am See

By the lake

<p>Incarcerated for his debts, Casperl is freed from prison by a small child, Capricerl, who is the guide of Fortuna, the blind goddess. While being pursued, Casperl finds refuge with Klaus, a hermit who reveals himself to be the Devil. However, Fortuna bet against Bios, the genie of life, that her gifts could make someone happy: Casperl will be her guinea pig. She repels the Devil and makes Casperl win the lottery. But the newly rich man is tyrannical and angry to the point of becoming sick. He goes so far as to miss the simple and modest life he once had, and curses his fortune. The goddess understands her defeat and brings him back to his normal self. Casperl goes to the inn.</p>

String marionette

Young audiences

Printed

Despair

Thirst

Destiny

Debt

Slap

Blindness

Widower

Hot air balloon

Jail

Philosophy

Grief

Breaking out

Latin Mythology

Bingo

Tavern

Marvelous

Burlesque

Kasperl im Schuldturm

Génie

Goddess of Fortune

Kasperl

Aubergiste

Vieillard

Hermit

Devil

Police officer

Verschiedene Erscheinungen und Verwandlungen

Apparition

Off-stage voices

Flying machine

Devil's apparition

Versified passages

Pact with the devil

Word for another

Thunderbolt

Chorus

Story

Metamorphosis

Transforming scenery

Address to the public

Das Glück ist blind

Luck is blind