A woman puts her head through an opening in the backdrop, perhaps pretending to be summoned by the screams of the man who pretends to be burned. Below, at street level is a toothdrawer dressed in exotic costume to give the impression of bringing foreign skills from Turkey or Arabia: he extracts a tooth from a seated man. A crowd of people, some wealthy, others poor, look on. On the left is a man on horseback, and on the far left two monks. Various stooges acting for the troupe are placed among the crowd to whip up their enthusiasm. The church tower on the left is similar to that of the church of Saint Michael in Brussels, a Jesuit church designed by Hoeymacker, modified in 1660 by Francquart, and demolished in 1832. The costumes of some of the women can be dated to 1635–1640. The motif of the woman who puts her head through an opening in the back of the stage set also appears in other works including an etching of quack-doctors on stage by Constantijn Daniel van Renesse.