Kaspar introduces himself and speaks to the children. The Star Princess (Sternenprinzessin) reproaches him for having made her wait. She wants to go back to the King, her father, and Kaspar has to follow her to their castle in the sky. A Policeman and a Peasant complain about the disorder and the noise caused by Kaspar. The Princess defends Kaspar, rejects the Chinese suitor that her father had offered her and asks to marry Kaspar instead. At the castle, where he now lives with his wife and their baby, Kaspar is unhappy because his favourite meals are not served there. When the grandmother arrives, everyone rejoices, as all the problems will be solved thanks to her.

Glove-puppet

Young audiences

Thelemann Dora

Germany

Printed

Cosmic journey

Crown

Wedding

Love

Star

Future

Utopia

Homesickness

Milky Way

Plane

Noise

Fantasy

Comical

Grethe Jürgens, illustration for La Princesse des Étoiles et la grand-mère de Kaspar

German

Kasperl

Peasant (man)

Chinese

Grandmother

Baby

Play in verse

Domestic scene

Der Kaspar und die Sternenprinzessin

Kaspar and the Star Princess

Mouse Armstrong and his friend, the mechanic Mitch, are listening to a radio special about mankind's first moon landing. Mouse regrets that no one knows the truth: she was the first person to go to the moon, but the authorities named the human astronaut after him. To make it clear how she achieved this feat, she re-enacts the events with objects made for the purpose. We learn that Armstrong did research in Washington, where she was greeted by an old mouse who said that the history of mouse flying was ancient. Armstrong manages to get into space despite having her rocket plans stolen by a secret police agent, and ends up proving to the mice that the Moon, contrary to their belief, is not cheese.

All audiences

Stemann Philip

Bremen

Electronic text

Moon

Astronaut

Rocket

Building plans

Cosmos

Diving suit

Gas balloon

Catapult

Secret Police

Swindling

Conspiring

Die abenteuerliche Reise einer Maus zum Mond

Mouse

Improvised scene

Recounting of memories

Personification

Multiplied characters

Metatheatre

Talking animal

Hidden character

Theatre within the theatre

Letter

Talking on the phone

Address to the public

Armstrong

Armstrong - Le voyage aventureux d'une souris vers la Lune