On the stage, the Interpreter, who is a kind of demiurge, makes Earth appear and disappear into space. He then announces that the tree Yggdrasil will appear, along with three boxes. From the first box emerge gods from different religions, from the second one come out mythological and historical heroes as well as demons. The third box does not open up, but it moves, revealing that the box contains a being. The Interpreter calls him “the Messiah” and declares that he will come to “damn creation” - it is the announcement of the birth of the future main character of the Drama for Fools: Cockatrice.

Not specified

Craig Edward Gordon

Italy

Rapallo

Printed

Latin Mythology

Greek mythology

Germanic mythology

Cosmos

Pre-Columbian mythology

Hero

Divinities

Heroic

English

Something Prophetic

Amon

Divinity

Erebus

Cronos

Brahma

Eros

Jehovah

Quetzalcoatl

Kneph

Zeus

Jesus

Momus

Odin

Vishnu

Shiva

Poseidon

Maira Monan

Osiris

Baldr

Thor

Vulcan

Mars

Bacchus

Buddha

Hercules

Charlemagne (King)

King Arthur

Joan of Arc

Julius Caesar

Alexander The Great

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Samurai

Agamemnon

Ulysses

Pompey

Aeneas

Achilles

Irin-Mage

Napoleon

Horatio Nelson

Apparition

Announcer

Fight

Apparition of a monster

Hidden character

Warning signs

The Second Prologue

Le deuxième prologue

Mouse Armstrong and his friend, the mechanic Mitch, are listening to a radio special about mankind's first moon landing. Mouse regrets that no one knows the truth: she was the first person to go to the moon, but the authorities named the human astronaut after him. To make it clear how she achieved this feat, she re-enacts the events with objects made for the purpose. We learn that Armstrong did research in Washington, where she was greeted by an old mouse who said that the history of mouse flying was ancient. Armstrong manages to get into space despite having her rocket plans stolen by a secret police agent, and ends up proving to the mice that the Moon, contrary to their belief, is not cheese.

All audiences

Stemann Philip

Germany

Bremen

Electronic text

Moon

Astronaut

Rocket

Building plans

Diving suit

Gas balloon

Plane

Catapult

Secret Police

Swindling

Conspiring

Fantasy

Comical

German

Die abenteuerliche Reise einer Maus zum Mond

Mouse

Improvised scene

Recounting of memories

Personification

Multiplied characters

Metatheatre

Talking animal

Theatre within the theatre

Letter

Talking on the phone

Address to the public

Armstrong

Armstrong - Le voyage aventureux d'une souris vers la Lune