Hans Christian Andersen
Bedtime stories
Was Hans Christian Andersen really as pure - and boring - as biographers make out? Director Robert Lepage thought so, until he discovered the fairytale writer's diary entries, and his perverse side
Robert Lepage
Wed 18 Jan 2006
Every time Hans Christian Andersen had a wank, he would put a mark in his diary. "Today I had a visit from such-and-such a person, they're so sweet," he would write. "When they left, I had a double-sensuous ++."
