Two friends, Mooney and Spooney, meet. They had pulled a bad prank on the king and were fired for it. Thus, they decide to become stationmasters. Orlando has to take a train to Birmingham, which saddens his wife, Sophonisba. He reassures her by saying he will be home for dinner. They agree to eat mutton. Mooney and Spooney, now stationmasters, start singing instead of talking, as was required by Bradshaw. They meet Kaffir, a mysterious character who does not speak their language. According to Mooney, Kaffir wants to be a train driver. Mooney gives him the position. Mrs. Muddle reaches the platform. She wants to take the train to Birmingham and send a telegram from there. A two-legged Bradshaw’s Guide appears in front of Mooney and asks him in a loud voice why he is not singing. He adds that Spooney sings out of tune and that both of them must stop singing. Orlando, now at the train station, refuses to pay for his train ticket but is forced to do so by the stationmasters. He puts his luggage on the train and leaves to fetch the money. When he comes back an hour later, he learns that the train left with his luggage before the time given by the Bradshaw’s Guide. When the train heading to Birmingham pulls into the station, Spooney and Mooney go warn Mrs. Muddle, but she wants to take an omnibus over the train. She leaves, accusing them of wanting to trick her. When she comes back to pick up her things, she learns that the train left with them. Meanwhile, Sophonisba worries about her husband being late. Their cook, ruined the meal and offers to make an Irish stew instead. Orlando comes home and curses the Bradshaw because the trains do not leave according to the guide’s timetables. Bradshaw comes into play. He states that he took revenge and changed the train schedules because his order of singing was not respected.

Young audiences

Carroll Lewis

Great Britain

Croft-on-Tees

Printed

Train station

Revenge

Train times

Train

Journey

Comical

Humorous

Farcical

L. Carroll, La Guida di Bragia. The Lewis Carroll Society of North America, 1999.

English

Announcer

Stationmaster

Husband

Wife

Traveller

Cook

Situation comedy

Word warping

Song

Personified object

Misunderstanding

La Guida di Bragia

Petit-Paul complains about adults and his teacher to his Pantin (Jumping Jack). He would rather play and not learn. However, the Pantin refuses to play with him as long as he has not done his homework; he explains that, without any learning, he will end up as the jumping jack amongst the adults. Petit-Paul is affected by these words and starts working diligently.

des Essarts Emmanuel

France

Paris

Child

Jumping Jack

Game

Education

Lesson

Edifying

Emmanuel des Essarts, illustration for Petit-Paul et son pantin, 1863

French

Pantin

Aside

Petit-Paul et son Pantin

Petit-Paul and his Jumping Jack

Blind Boy, Cockatrice, and Columbus the Parrot are headed to Rome. The Magic Donkey refuses to walk because it is afraid of Cockatrice’s face, and until he wears a mask. At a crossroads where three different roads lead to Rome, they each decide to follow a different path and agree to meet at the Royal George, an inn. Columbus, disguised as a rich traveller, gets to the inn first. He uses the Magic Table to gift a delightful meal to all customers. After this meal, Columbus goes to sleep, and Oward, the innkeeper, switches the Magic Table with an ordinary one. In the morning, Columbus receives a telegram from the King of Rome, who is also the King of Europe, inviting him to his palace to meet his daughter, Princess Razzlemond, and to marry her. At court, Columbus tries to make another feast appear but fails. The innkeeper complains about his table being stolen, and Columbus is sent to prison.

String marionette

Not specified

Craig Edward Gordon

Italy

Marina di Pisa

Theft

Meals

Magic

Royal audience

Europe

Satirical

Fantasy

The Magic Table

Queen

Cockatrice

Basilic

Parrot

Blind

Table

Donkey

Innkeeper

Postman

Peasant (man)

Italian

Chambermaid

Herald

Trumpet (military man/woman)

Courtier

Guard

Prompter (theatre)

Masked characters

Instrumental tune

Aria

Monologue

Compartmented stage

Inn scene

Apparition

Parade

Avista

Object coming to life

Letter

Antiphrase

The Roman Adventure - Part One

Felix Techno is the inventor of a time machine which he demonstrates to the audience. He gives Technikus, a robot, to his nephew Peter, but makes it malfunction to punish him for his poor performance at school and to see if Peter and his friend Kalle can control it. The deranged robot wreaks havoc on the city. Felix, who observes the events from the future, returns to take part in them under different disguises. When the robot continues its journey into space, Felix dons a spacesuit and brings it back to Earth. The inventor decides to give the robot to Kalle, who has managed to control it, because "technology belongs to the one who controls it".

Focke Gerd

Germany

Time travel

Physics

Dysfunction

Cosmic journey

Spoutnik

Learning

Diving suit

Television

Robot

Dinosaur

Music

Time

Disobedience

Radio

School

Technical

Parodistic

German

Eine utopische Märchenkomödie für einen Schauspieler und einige Puppen

Inventor

Physician

Vendeur de journaux

Schoolteacher

Police officer

Fireman

Astronaut

Und die halbe Weltgeschichte, von übermorgen bis zur Zeit der Dinosaurier (oder umgekehrt)

Scene in the dark

Address to the public

Surprise effect

Speeding up of time

Disguised character (false identity)

Unexpected turn of events

Running gag

Argument

Spying scene

Commentary

Chase

Transformism

Peter und der Roboter

Peter et le robot

The narrator establishes an ideal link with the figure of Don Quixote: like Cervantes' hero, he is a middle-aged man who has lost his mind in books, and who now identifies himself with the stories of the Paladins of France. So he begins to tell his ideal lady, Dulcinea del Toboso, the story of Roland. Peace reigns in Charlemagne's kingdom, until the beautiful princess Angelica arrives at his court: the paladin who manages to defeat her brother Argalia in a duel will get her in hand in marriage. During the duel, the paladin Ferraù hits him in the back, violating the rules, and flees. Angelica got lost in the Ardennes forest while trying to return to her homeland, and all the paladins, who are madly in love with her, go looking for her. The kingdom was thus deprived of its heroes, and Marsilio, King of Spain, took advantage of this to invade France. While inside the court, Gano di Magonza hatches a plot against Charlemagne, Ferraù tries to unmask him and save the kingdom. The Paladins, united under Roland’s leadership, decide to confront Marsilio's entire Spanish army on their own, without calling on the French troops, and thus they all perish.

Niccolini Francesco

Portugal

Porto

Song of Roland

Knighthood

Love

Unrequited love

Murder

Battle

Duel

Princess

Spell

Epic

Avventure d'Orlando e d'altri paladini

Il narratore, una specie di Don Chisciotte

Narrator

Dulcinea del Toboso

Charlemagne (King)

Angelique

Messenger

Orlando

Renaud de Montauban

Bishop

Ganelon

Soldier

Accumulation of events

Alternating narrative / dialogue

Fight

Unveiling

Double identity

Running away

Love story

Splitting of the body

Trap

Love rivalry

Plot scene

Narrative Theater

Murder on stage

Storyteller

Roncisvalle!

Roncevaux !

Due to an economic crisis, all performances were suspended and the puppets were stored in plastic bags. Only the Economico puppet, which can play all the characters by simply changing its head, continues to perform. Arlecchino has had his mask taken away and his heart has fled in search of it. Even his stick has abandoned him: without his mask, Arlequin's wrinkled old face no longer makes anyone laugh. Ginetto the rabbit is afraid of having his ears cut off, Colombine is the victim of a hysterical pregnancy, and Crocodile, like an accountant collecting taxes, is always ready to swallow anything. However, the puppets trapped in the bags manage to free themselves by breaking the regime imposed by the Economico and, following Arlecchino, go in search of lost fairy tales and a beating heart.

La Guida di Bragia

Petit-Paul et son Pantin

The Roman Adventure - Part One

The Magic Table

Peter und der Roboter

Eine utopische Märchenkomödie für einen Schauspieler und einige Puppen

Roncisvalle!

Avventure d'Orlando e d'altri paladini

Come gli Etruschi uscirono dalla crisi

Sol, solet, on ets?

L'èxit és l'ombra

Obra per a actriu i titelles

Las cartas del Quijote

Juri - die erste Reise

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