The Night of the Village Idiots: a Sleepy Hamlet tale

How could the removal of a family painting, a childhood fear of lightning, a storm of near Biblical proportions and the pub landlord's flu cause so much chaos? Simple. Add a dotty half-wit Lord of the manor, trap him indoors with his short fused and volcanic wife; ignite the head cooks flatulent backside with a lightning bolt, place a moderately unhinged Bavarian in charge of the village pub for the evening---allowing her to sell her own brain melting brew to a largely unprepared pub full o...