<p>Kaspar is picking flowers in a forest for the birthday of his wife, Grete. He catches Hubertus the hunter about to murder Schneewittchen (Snow-White) following the order of Schneewittchen’s own mother, the queen Tausendschön. Kaspar convinces Hubertus to let her go and suggests to the princess that she seeks refuge at the seven dwarfs’ house. However, when the magic mirror tells the truth to the queen, the hunter denounces Kaspar and hands him over to the queen. She then tries to poison Schneewittchen twice. As she attempts it the second time, Kaspar escapes from prison and seeks refuge at the seven dwarfs' home as well. Schneewittchen passes out before his eyes, and he shakes her so much that she spits out the piece of apple that was poisoned with pesticide. Learning once again from her mirror that her daughter has survived, the queen gets so angry that she dies. Schneewittchen then takes her place on the throne and, in the final act, begins to behave as tyrannically and capriciously as her mother.</p>

Young audiences

Fühmann Franz

Germany

Berlin

Printed

Mother

Mother-in-law

Beauty

Vanity

Haughtiness

Power

Reign

Jail

Poison

Assassination

Doll

Denunciation

Corruption

Pesticide

Forest

Wealth

Fashion victim

Fantasy

Parodistic

Comical

Burlesque

German

Queen

Snow White

Hunter

General

Jailer

Valet

Guard

Mirror

Dwarf

Kasperl

Madame Kasperl

Intervention of the audience

Monologue

Murder on stage

Metatheatre

Address to the public

Running away

Trap

Plot twist

Confinement

Das Spiel von Kaspar, der Königin Tausendschön und der noch tausendmal schöneren Prinzessin Schneewittchen

The play about Kaspar, Queen Thousand Beauty and the thousands of times more beautiful Princess Snow White