Kaspar and other plays

About “Kaspar and other plays”

Kaspar is a play written by Austrian playwright Peter Handke. It was published in 1967 and marked Handke's first full-length drama. The play tells the story of Kaspar Hauser, a foundling who is nearly speechless and innocent. Society attempts to impose its language and rational values on him, leading to his destruction. The play was praised by Max Frisch, who called it the "play of the decade." (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)