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

Chinese

Grandmother

Baby

Play in verse

Domestic scene

Der Kaspar und die Sternenprinzessin

Kaspar and the Star Princess

A child escapes the war in Spain on a globe. He reaches the clouds and, soon enough, the sky. He means to relate outside Earth what is happening in his country, and to ask for help so that democracy and freedom, which are being threatened, prevail in Europe. He starts a conversation with the stars, which are aware of the state of things, then with an angel, a small planet and a joyful and friendly demon. Together, they summon the stars, armies of angel warriors and legions of demons to protect the world against the evil which is tearing Spain and Europe apart.