Casperl wants to immigrate to America, but is cast ashore on an African island populated by cannibals. There he meets the German naturalist Gerstlmaier, who at first mistakes him for a parrot and ends up hiring him as a servant. But the cannibals capture him while he is sleeping. He swears not to drink any more beer if he manages to escape, whereupon the god Neptune frees him and allows him to return to Europe on the back of a dolphin. Casperl is then abducted by a large bird which releases him in the market place of his hometown, where his arrival causes general panic. Casperl has sworn not to drink any more beer, so he goes to the tavern to drink several to celebrate his return home.

String marionette

Young audiences

Pocci Franz von

Germany

Munich

Printed

Africa

Navigation

Island

Robinson

Cannibalism

Natural sciences

Ornithology

Savage

Scholar

Exoticism

Beer

Small town

Comical

Parodistic

Marvelous

German

Ein culturhistorisches Drama in zwei Aufzügen

Kasperl

Veilleur

Tambour

Neptune

Crocodile

Dolphin

Instrumental tune

Macaronism

Monologue

Word for another

Song

Talking animal

Deus ex machina

Scene of recognition

Parody of formal language

Casperl unter den Wilden

Casperl in the wilderness

While fishing in a lake despite the prohibition, Casperl catches a crawfish, which tells him its story: it is actually called Zimbimbimperl and was transformed into a crawfish by her father, the magician Crocodilus, after a violent argument with her mother, the Egyptian fairy Persea. Persea travels the world to find her daughter, when she meets Casperl who informs her of Zimbimbimperl's fate. The gods of Egypt return her daughter to her, but demand that she sacrifices Casperl to them in return. In the meantime, Crocodilus has been captured and sold in a menagerie. But he manages to escape and takes refuge in the lake, surprising the reunion of mother and daughter. He wants to devour them, but Casperl intervenes and knocks him out. Crocodilus is calmed by the blow to the head. He has barely reconciled with his family when the owner of the Löwenmajer menagerie comes to claim him for his circus. Casperl kills him and declares the sacrifice to the gods complete. The play ends with a grand finale and an apotheosis of 'Casperl the Wise'.

Rail transport

Inflation

Fishing

Waste

Chamber pot

Crayfish

Egypt

Mother

Lost child

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Menagerie

Magic

Forgiveness

Freemasonry

Oriental wisdom

Farcical

Satirical

Oder der Verzauberte Krebs

Fée

Magician

Madame Kasperl

Miller

Tamer

Fish

Brawl

Address to the public

Chorus

Metatheatre

Off-stage voices

Thunderbolt

Metamorphosis

Board

Transforming scenery

Crocodilus und Persea

Crocodilus and Persea

Following a brawl in the tavern, Kasperl tells his wife that he is becoming a misanthrope and is withdrawing from the world. He also leaves the role of the police commissioner. His misfortunes lead him to the European residence of the Egyptian prince Tamino and his wife Pamina, which is also the retreat of the aging magician Sarastro. The Moor in the service of the Queen of the Night, Monostatist (the Monostatos of The Magic Flute), helps Kasperl, who presents himself as a learned traveller, to break into the palace: he hopes that he will stir up trouble. The hungry Kasperl proves to be an extremely rude host, and the frequent visits of the Queen of the Night, which plunge the scene into darkness each time, add to the confusion. Sarastro is nevertheless prepared to initiate the so-called scholar into the mysteries of Freemasonry, but Kasperl mainly amuses himself by banging the gong and then stamping his foot on the lodge master's table: Sarastro forbids him to do so, they quarrel and Kasperl knocks him out, then runs away with the protection of the Queen of the Night. Pursued by Tamino's lion, he is narrowly saved by the hunter Thomerl, who shoots the lion. They then return home with their trophy, much to the amazement of the police. The Queen of the Night appears to wish the audience good night.

Opera

Music

Mother-in-law

Orientalism

Tavern

Breakfast

Moor

Black

Slave

Lion

Bureaucracy

Misanthropy

Classical music

Hermeticism

Esotericism

Queen of the Night

Dame de la suite de la reine de la nuit

Monostatos

Commissioner

Thomerl

Police officer

Un lion docile

Allegory

Light effects

Casperl in der Zauberflöte

Kasperl in the Magic Flute

The avant-garde painter Kompowski, annoyed by the critics who come to see him in his workshop, goes to the café. The drunken servant, Kasperl, takes advantage of his absence to paint a canvas with a very bad view of Munich. Gallery owners who had come to acquire the master's works bought his paintings from him for a thousand marks. The crowd comes to cheer the artist. But the critic Schaikeles eventually learns the identity of the real creator of the painting. Anzenmaier and Burger, the gallery owners, come to claim their money when Kompowski returns home, and the fight becomes widespread. Kasperl puts an end to this by smashing the paintings over the heads of the gallery owners and knocking Gombrowski out with his easel.

Glove-puppet

Not specified

Blümel Otto

Painting

Futurism

Modernity

Expressionism

Dialect

Art criticism

Drunkenness

Mean trick

Celebrity

Burlesque

Painter

Reviewer

Crowd

Versified passages

Caricature

Misunderstanding

Die Maler

The painters

Gretl complains about Casperl's absence, as he always comes home late and very drunk. When he finally arrives, she gets angry and wishes he would go to the Gold Star or the Silver Moon (these are the names of the taverns Casperl frequents) and never return. Her wish seems to come true when a small gold star appears to Casperl asleep and takes him against his will to the moon. At the end of an adventurous journey through different regions of the sky, Casperl is welcomed by the moon; but, exhausted, he falls asleep. When he wakes up, he is in his bed. Did his cosmic journey ever take place? No matter: Casperl resumes his tour of the taverns on behalf of the drinkers' association founded the day before and which has elected him inspector of drinking establishments.

All audiences

Klinger-Schmid Babette

Manuscript

Sleep

Journey

Cloud

Spirits

Fear

Tempest

Cold

Spaceship

Man in the moon

Dream

Excessive drinking

Flight

Ein Casperlerlebnis in 3 Aufzügen

Star

Moon

Spirit

Divinity

Habitant de la Lune

Veau lunaire

Domestic scene

Animated natural element

Casperls Mondfahrt

Casperl's moon trip

The wanderer Nabíh tells a child, Hassan, how the merchant Abdul found on a dead man’s body a bottle from which emerges a genie. This genie, in turn, tells the story of the dead man, a fallen king, father of Fatima, a princess who is said to have taken refuge among the desert dwellers because of the fratricidal war. The king's supporters are looking for Fatima to offer her the throne, and discover that she is Laïla, Hassan's mother. However, she renounces the throne to become the princess of the desert. Other stories are added to this main plot.

Shadow theatre

Rod puppet

Sirera Rodolf

Spain

Valencia

Tale

Fantasy

Adventure

Vagrant

Genius

Theatre at school

East

Princess

Didactic

Catalan

Vagabond

Child

Merchant (man)

Génie

Commanding officer

Narrator

Theatre within the theatre

Appearance of a genius

Projections

Dance

La Princesa del desert

Princess of the Desert

A stray dog, Rosegó, is rescue by Lluc who has just lost his own dog. The master tries to train Rosegó, to make him play football and to teach him some circus tricks, but without bothering about what the dog really wants to do. The dog, on his side, tries to teach Lluc to bark and raise his paw, but he refuses. Disappointed, Rosegó leaves the house because his freedom is not respected. Lluc and Rosegó eventually regret their decision, reconcile and decide to live together in mutual respect. A jazz band of dogs, friends of Rosegó, comes to sing a song.