Children's book villain Robber Hotzenplotz is back
May 7, 2018Among her father's original writings, Susanne Preussler-Bitsch found a 20-page theater piece entitled "Journey to the Moon," written by Preussler 50 years ago. She reworked her father's piece into an adventure that will hit shelves in Germany on July 17, 2018 — nearly 45 years after the last in the original series went to print.
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The old gang is back
All of the characters we know from Preussler's series are in the latest: Kasperl and Seppel, the grandmother, Sergeant Dimplemoser and of course, the Robber Hotzenplotz himself. It's an unexpected addition to the works of one of Germany's most beloved children's book writers.
Original rights for the theater adaptation have already been given to the Theater Dusseldorf, which is set to debut the piece November 11, 2018.
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ct/eg (dpa, AFP)