Thisaccountoftheseventeenth-centuryvagabondperformerandtricksterTyll
Ulenspiegelbeginswhenhesascrawnyboygrowingup
inaquietvillage.Whenhisfather,amiller
withasecretinterestinalchemyandmagic,is
foundoutbythechurch,Tyllisforcedto
fleewiththebakersdaughter,Nele.Theyfindsafety
andcompanionshipwithatravelingperformer,whoteachesTyll
histrade.Andsobeginsajourneyofdiscovery
andperformanceforTyll,ashetravelsthrougha
continentdevastatedbytheThirtyYearsWarandencounters
alongthewayahangman,afraudulentJesuitscholar,
andtheexiledKingFrederickandQueenElizabethof
Bohemia.
Tyll