In her retelling of Hansel and Gretel, the Grimm brothers? famous fairy tale, Suzanne Lebeau interweaves the story with her own childhood and her view of children today. She explores the deep, often unacknowledged desire to be the sole object of parental love, and the upheaval caused by the arrival of a younger sibling, giving rise to a sibling relationship that is as troubling as it is tender.
With its daring theatricality, the tale allows for all manner of excess, confronting the characters with extreme situations-poverty, abandonment, threats-that put the sibling bond to a severe test. Will they emerge transformed?
With its daring theatricality, the tale allows for all manner of excess, confronting the characters with extreme situations-poverty, abandonment, threats-that put the sibling bond to a severe test. Will they emerge transformed?
