Horse Eats Hat

We have two Herberts stirring up three hours of theatrical madness: with Herbert Grönemeyer’s music and Herbert Fritsch’s direction, Eugène Labiche’s farce of mistaken identity becomes a merciless attack on the audience’s funny bone. Here, it’s really about the joke and not any deeper meaning: Herbert Fritsch spreads open a slapstick playbook that lets the singing performers frolic to their hearts’ desire and the audience’s delight.

On the morning of his wedding day, the young gentleman Fadinard finds himself in extreme entanglements after his horse eats a lady’s hat. But if the lady goes home hatless, her jealous husband will discover her secret tryst with a police officer. So before he can get married, Fadinard must first procure a new hat. You got all that? Then hold on tight for a gallop through comedic chaos!