Download or read book The Ride Across Lake Constance written by Peter Handke and published by London : Eyre Methuen. This book was released on 1973 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title refers to the legend of a horseman who rode over the frozen Lake Constance in a snowstorm and dropped dead with fright on the other side on discovering what he had done. In the play a group of characters, known only by the names of the actors who perform the parts, talk and play games together, skating over the thin ice that separates them from unspoken danger.