François 1er

Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera Francis I or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance There among other items he is made a Duke by Henri VIII fights a duel and survives a series of medieval tortures while also bestowing some 20th century blessings on the court of Francis I