<p>Polichinelle stole a wizard's picnic and beat him up. The wizard made a giant hand appear. Chased by the hand, Polichinelle runned into an old woman's house. To get him out, the Hand trapped him with a smelly pâté. Feigning repentance, Polichinelle asked the wizard to free him from the Hand, then killed him and tried to control the Hand. But it threatened him with a pitchfork and carried him away like the Devil would do.</p>

Glove-puppet

Bare hand

All audiences

France

Paris

Duranty Louis Émile Edmond

Printed

Hand

Hunger

Thirst

Wine

Stealing

Pâté

Sorcery

Fork

Cunning

Voracity

False repentance

Comical

Farce

Fantastic

French

Polichinelle

Le Magicien

La vieille femme

La Main

Le Nez

Song

Aside

Blow-with-a-stick

Chase

Plot twist

Address to the public

Slaps

Punching

Off-stage voices

Final intervention of the devil

La Grand'Main

The Big Hand