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Der Sandmann - Niedersächsische Staatstheater Hannover
This is the beginning of E.T.A. Hoffmann's Gothic tale "Der Sandmann": as a child, Nathanael hears the legend of the Sandmann—a terrifying creature who steals the eyes of children who won't sleep—and comes to believe the Sandmann appears nightly in the form of the lawyer Coppelius, mysterious events unfolding in his father's room.