Gate theatre, DublinFor young Hanni, living in Ireland in the 1950s, childhood is more confusing than usual. His mother is German, his father Irish; he wears lederhosen, topped with an Aran jumper. At home, he is caught between his resourceful, loving mother, Irmgard, who still bears the scars of war wounds from living in Nazi Germany, and his raging, bullying father, Sean " a tinpot domestic tyrant who abhors any s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AM on October 10, 2011