Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

“Wilhelm, a merchant's son who has loved the theatre since his childhood puppet show, flees his father's counting house to become an actor. Among strolling players, a sad old harper and the mysterious child Mignon, at a count's castle and on Serlo's stage, where he plays Hamlet, he learns slowly and through many errors what he is fit for — while a secret society watches over him, until his apprenticeship is declared at an end.”