Jeppe on the Hill; Or, The Transformed Peasant

About the show

Abused peasant Jeppe is sent to buy soap, but the shoemaker’s innkeeper persuades him to spend his money on drink. A baron’s household finds him unconscious, dresses him as a nobleman, and stages a prank that makes Jeppe believe he is the baron. After he is returned to the roadside and later put through a mock trial, Jeppe becomes the village’s laughingstock.