The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut for the mayor, he instead made for himself. He is allowed, however, to take the frock, which he appropriated for himself and he puts it on as he leaves the shop. A puppeteer picks him up in his coach and addresses Wenzel as "Count". So is he received in Goldach, where people think he is Count Stroganoff, the ambassador to the Czar of Russia.
Schneidergeselle Wenzel
Nettchen
Graf Stroganoff
Fräulein von Serafin
Schneider Melcher Böhni
Puppenspieler Christoffel
Händler Nievergelt
Amtsrat und Tuchherr Küchlin
Gastwirt der 'Waage' in Goldach
Herr Häberlin jun.
Begleiterin des Fräulein von Serafin
Dienstmädchen im Wirtshaus "Zur Waage"