<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

<p>Casper goes to the magic factory to learn magic tricks. The magician shows him some, but Casper is so crude that the magician soon doesn't know what to say, whereupon Casper calls him a donkey. They fight, one with his stick and the other with his broom. Casper defeats the magician. A policeman comes to arrest him, but Casper knocks him out and hangs him on the gallows. His wife blames him, they argue and fight.</p>