Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les criminels dramatiques
At an isolated inn near Saint-Jean-de-Luz, innkeeper Ignace mistakes actor Beaujolais, dressed as a brigand, for the notorious bandit Tromb-al-ca-zar. The rest of Beaujolais’s theatrical troupe arrives, and Ignace recognizes his cousin Gigolette among them. When the players rehearse their melodramatic roles, Ignace becomes increasingly frightened and tries to flee; they bring him back and enroll him in the troupe.