the Keller Theatre plays "The Speckled People" by Hugo Hamilton
This new play by Hugo Hamilton, adapted from his fictionalized memoir of the same title, is set in the Dublin seaside suburb of Dún Laoghaire in the 1950s, and narrates the coming-of-age of young Hanni, a child born to a German mother and an Irish father.
Forbidden to speak English by his severe father, an obsessive advocate of the Irish-language, Hanni grows up between languages, swimming vertiginously between Irish and German within the household and feeling as if every time he walks out the front door he is “emigrating into English.”
Language is both a realm of possibility and a prison-house for the young boy, who is barred from friendship with English-speaking children, like an exile in his own country. He is a living incarnation of “speckled” identity, mixed-up, “Irish on top, and German on bottom,” like the incongruous outfit of Aran sweater and Lederhosen he wears on their beach-side rambles.
It is a touching story with many delightful and amusing moments alongside the drama.
Dates: June 27 & July 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 2015; 7:30 pm
Doors open at 7:00 pm
Tickets (10 Euro, reduced 7 Euro) available at Dürerhaus Kühn, Kreuzplatz 6, 35390 Gießen
Tel.: 0641-35608
Fax: 0641-390531
Email: info@duererhaus-kuehn.de
or Box Office at Kleine Bühne Gießen
More information on our website: http://www.keller-theatre.de
Veranstaltungsort und Adresse
Kleine Bühne Gießen, Bleichstraße, 35390 Gießen
- Sa27.06.201519:30
- Fr03.07.201519:30
- Sa04.07.201519:30
- Fr10.07.201519:30
- Sa11.07.201519:30
- Fr17.07.201519:30
- Sa18.07.201519:30
Juni 2015 - Juli 2015
the Keller Theatre plays "The Speckled People" by Hugo Hamilton
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