Der Sandmann

In the organizer's words:

Play based on the 1816 novella of the same name by E.T.A. Hoffmann, adapted by Rainer Lewandowski

Nathanael suffers from a childhood trauma in which, according to his nurse's story, the Sandman pecks out the eyes of all the children who don't want to sleep in order to feed his baby birds. The chemical laboratory experiments in which his father died and the mysterious visits of old Coppelius have also solidified in Nathanael's memories into a delusion that this Coppelius is also the Sandman. And now Nathanael writes home from the university town that he has encountered the same Coppelius again in the form of the weather-glass merchant Coppola. Although his girlfriend Klara tries to talk him out of it, he is unable to distinguish between the coincidental similarities, the childhood story and the current events and, in a state of mental confusion, throws himself to his death from the high council tower.

Our production is based on a 1997 adaptation by the former artistic director of the E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater Bamberg, Rainer Lewandowski, which he presented to our theater on the occasion of its 35th anniversary.

The play was premiered in October 2002 to mark the reopening of the completely renovated E.T.A. Hoffmann Theater in Bamberg.

Play length 105 minutes

Intermission approx. 15 minutes

Age recommendation from 14 years

Price information:

The discount applies to children under the age of 14, schoolchildren, students and people with a degree of disability of 60% or more.