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Miserable Arcadians Chloe and Strephon break their engagement when handsome Lycidas pursues Chloe. Four magical objects grant wishes, and the characters transform into one another in ways that satisfy their dissatisfactions. They exchange the objects, wish themselves back to their original forms, and reconcile. Lycidas decides Arcadia is not for him, and the objects are sold to him.
Absent-minded Princess Toto is due to marry Prince Caramel, but her earlier betrothed Doro returns after being shipwrecked. Confusion follows when Caramel disguises himself as the brigand Barberini, and Toto runs off with him shortly after marrying Doro. She later joins her father’s court disguised as American Indians, while Doro and Caramel each pursue her. After more mistaken identities, Toto recognizes Doro as her husband and agrees to marry him again; Caramel proposes to Toto’s nurse, Jelly.
In 1584, Bertha pretends to love Baron Otto to make her fiancé Hans jealous. Each man wishes to exchange bodies with the other, and the Gentleman in Black, king of the gnomes, transfers their souls for a month. The Baron then tricks Hans into signing away his claim to the Baron’s station. A calendar reform that removes thirteen days makes the month expire immediately, returning each soul to its original body. Hans and Bertha gain youthful nobility, while the Baron is left an old peasant.
Miserable Arcadians Chloe and Strephon break their engagement when handsome Lycidas pursues Chloe. Four magical objects grant wishes, and the characters transform into one another in ways that satisfy their dissatisfactions. They exchange the objects, wish themselves back to their original forms, and reconcile. Lycidas decides Arcadia is not for him, and the objects are sold to him.
Absent-minded Princess Toto is due to marry Prince Caramel, but her earlier betrothed Doro returns after being shipwrecked. Confusion follows when Caramel disguises himself as the brigand Barberini, and Toto runs off with him shortly after marrying Doro. She later joins her father’s court disguised as American Indians, while Doro and Caramel each pursue her. After more mistaken identities, Toto recognizes Doro as her husband and agrees to marry him again; Caramel proposes to Toto’s nurse, Jelly.
In 1584, Bertha pretends to love Baron Otto to make her fiancé Hans jealous. Each man wishes to exchange bodies with the other, and the Gentleman in Black, king of the gnomes, transfers their souls for a month. The Baron then tricks Hans into signing away his claim to the Baron’s station. A calendar reform that removes thirteen days makes the month expire immediately, returning each soul to its original body. Hans and Bertha gain youthful nobility, while the Baron is left an old peasant.