Don Juan tries to abduct Admirelles – the daughter of the governor of Barcelona Don Pedro, whom he turned away to his rival Don Philippo’s advantage. He is caught by Don Pedro and kills him, then he kills his uncle to rob him of his wealth and leaves town using the sewers. Don Juan and Kasper hide in a wood, where Don Juan kills a hermit to steal his trousers. Thus disguised, he kills Don Philippo, who was chasing him. The statue of Don Pedro appears to him. Don Juan invites him over for dinner. After a shipwreck, Don Juan and Kasper reunite at a wedding, during which one seduces the bride Zerlinchen and the other seduces her friend Berta. Don Pedro comes for dinner and insists that Don Juan visit him in his vault. Don Juan goes back to Barcelona during the night, enters the tomb and is damned. Kasper fled without further ado.

String marionette

Not specified

Apel Heinrich

Germany

Saxony

Manuscript

Seduction

Thief

Debauchery

Forest

Licentiousness

Assassination

Future punishment

Parricide

Valet

Phantom

Abduction

Barcelona

Dramatic

Title page of Heinrich Apel's manuscript.

German

Der steinerne Gast

Don Pietro

Donna Marillis

Don Filippo

Don Juan

Kasperl

Guard

Hermit

Landlady

Zerlina

Ghost

Peasant

Song

Stichomythia

Letter

Word for another

Inn scene

Improvised scene

Lazzi

Disguise

Metamorphosis

Appearance

Murder on stage

Light effects

Running away

Love rivalry

Aside

The princess escapes to the moon by walking on a ray of moonlight. Her father, King Cyprian XIII, promises a reward for he who can bring her back to earth. Kasperl and Seppl volunteer and leave on a rocket. They find the princess miserable, forced to cook and clean for the Man on the Moon. Thanks to a trap, Kasperl and Seppl succeed in escaping with the princess. The king thanks Kasperl and wants to offer him a gift, but Kasperl is content with a piggybank—he had to break his own to buy the rocket.

Glove-puppet

Young audiences

Bertl Hayde (Berta Gründler-Hetmanek)

Austria

Vienna

Printed

Rescue

Misfortune

Disillusionment

Tale

Gugelhupf

Birthday

Kitchen

Women's condition

Exploitation

Fantasy

Ein Handpuppenspiel für zwei Spieler

Seppl

Inhabitants on the moon

Trumpet (military man/woman)

Town crier

Night watchman

Metatheatre

Dialogue with the audience

Address to the public

Flying machine

Disguised character (false identity)

Trap

Aria

Die Fahrt auf den Mond

Le voyage sur la Lune