Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus

The evil spirit Lumpazivagabundus seduces people into irrationality and is therefore to blame for the world’s misery. There is great discontent about this in the fairy kingdom. Fortuna, the “fairy of luck”, and Amorosa, the “fairy of true love”, want to put an end to the spook and also settle once and for all who is the more powerful of the two. Fortuna wants to prove to Amorosa that money is the cure for people’s problems. To do so, she seeks out three unemployed and homeless craftsmen and helps them to great wealth by winning the lottery. The deal is that she will give in if two of them remain “rags” regardless of their luck. As in a social experiment, the fairies observe what money does to the ex-destitute: can you improve morally if you suddenly have enough resources at your disposal? In true Nestroyian style, the incorrigible characters are driven by their vices, desires and (dis)lust for life. …