Kasperl as a gymnast
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| Title: | Kasperl as a gymnast |
| Genus: | Punch and Judy |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Franz Count of Pocci |
| Publishing year: | 1875 |
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Kasperl als Turner is a play written in 1875 by Franz von Pocci .
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The doctor Dr. Fiberer prescribes physical activities to Casperl, who feels sick because he is suffering from insomnia and loss of appetite (measured by his own exaggerated standards) and does him with the coarse sports teacher Dr. Barrenreck known who is currently sitting in the tavern. He and Casperl become friends and drink brotherhood. Barrenreck then does a few exercises and asks Casperl to imitate them, which he succeeds more badly than well. But when Casperl refuses to pay the joint bill, the friendship is over: There is a fight in which first the waitress Nanni, who wants to settle the dispute, and finally Dr. Fiberer and Casperl's wife Grethel are dragged in, who are just passing by. In the end, the opponents knocked each other out, only Casperl is still standing upright and happily singing the teacher’s song: "Turnerei, Frank and Frei, Alleweil, Wünsch well healed."