Asylum

In this compelling, thought provoking play about the continuing effects of the Second World War, Dr. Kirshner, head of a sanatorium in Germany, has to make a decision on whether or not Bauermann can be released into society after spending a year in her care. As she begins to probe into his life, she discovers his pronounced obsessional paranoia results from of the way in which his wife and son were killed in an air raid and his daughter was sent to live in England. Following an emotional climax in which he is unexpectedly reunited with his daughter, Bauermann viciously attacks Dr. Kirshner and the question of his sanity becomes acute.