<p>After a prologue in which Casper announces, among other things, that he is going to cut off the ears of children who are not well-behaved, the performance begins. Casper announces that, out of boredom, he wants to become a soldier. He shows his insubordination towards the non-commissioned officer who undertakes to train him by beating him with sticks. The non-commissioned officer sends him to the devil, who arrives: Casper kills him. He returns to his wife, announcing that he will be a general. She hits him with a broom, takes his stick back and they fight.</p>

Glove-puppet

Young audiences

Germany

Sonneberg

Printed

Soldier

Army

Military

Silliness

Insubordination

Violence

Spousal abuse

General

Stick

Wickedness

Broom

Household

Couple

Farcical

Satirical

Ironic

German

Kasperl

Madame Kasperl

Non-commissioned officer

Devil

Prologue

Word for another

Stichomythia

Blow-with-a-stick

Apparition of the Devil

Domestic scene

Comic Equivocation

Brawl

Casper will Soldat werden

Casper wants to become a soldier