Ludwig Tieck

“ I maintained that a certain play called Puss in Boots, which, incidentally, I am not acquainted with at all, is a wretched piece.
Hinze
Oh Yeah?
Hanswurst
Farewell, Mr Hunter, and many thanks.
He puts on the hat and leaves.
Hinze
alone
I'm so depressed. — I have helped the fool to claim the victory by disparaging a play in which I myself am playing the leading rôle. — O Fate! O cruel Fate! What entanglements you so often weave for us mortals! ”

“ An audience never has any character.
Leander
His insolence almost astonishes me.
Hanswurst
to the pit
Isn't he a foolish fellow? I and the honorable public are hand and glove with one another, as it were; as far as good taste is concerned we are in complete agreement; and yet he wishes to maintain, in opposition to my opinion, that the audience in Puss in Boots is well drawn.
Fischer
The audience? But there's no audience in the play. ”

“ Leander at a lectern; opposite him, Hanswurst at another lectern; in the centre of the hall a hat, covered in gold and decorated with colorful plumes, is atop a tall pole; the entire court has been convened.
King
No greater service has any man rendered to the Fatherland than the gracious Count of Carabas. So often has his hunter presented me with dainty and delicious gifts, sometimes even twice a day, that our historiographer has already filled a thick volume with his accomplishments. ”