<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 is accused by a farmer of stealing his hay and the cart and cow that went with it. He tries to bargain over the compensation and settles the matter with a stick. In court, he insults the judge and beats the policeman. The peasant asks for him to be hanged, but Casper finds out and hangs him instead. Then he beats the policeman again. The judge wants him tortured and executed, but Casper beats him to death.</p>

Justice

Theft

Retribution

Punishment

Gallows

Torture

Police

Jail

Judgment

Prosecution

Assassination

Embezzlement

Judge

Policeman

Peasant

Address to the public

Versified passages

Flying machine

Parodic trial

Foul language register

Hanging scene

Murder on stage

Epilogue

Casper soll ins Gefängnis kommen

Casper must go to jail