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Wedekind Plays One:

Wedekind Plays One: "Spring Awakening" , "Lulu: A Monster Tragedy"

by Frank Wedekind (Author), Frank Wedekind (Author)

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    Paperback 1993

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Synopsis

Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was the terror of the bourgeoisie. His work was persecuted and his major plays were not performed in his lifetime - the original Lulu play was not even published. Instead Wedekind toned it down and adapted it to make two plays: Pandora's Box and Earth-Spirit. The version in this volume: Lulu: A Monster Tragedy, is based on the first manuscript and presents the original sexually voracious heroine to a British audience for the first time. The volume also contains Spring Awakening.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 11 Mar 1993
ISBN 10: 0413675408
ISBN 13: 9780413675408

Media Reviews
The translation of Spring Awakening, 'scrupulously faithful both to Wedekind's irony and his poetry' -- The Times, was commissioned by the National Theatre and that of Lulu: A Monster Tragedy, 'the Bonds' version is sharper and funnier than its predecessors' -- Guardian, was toured nationally.
Author Bio
Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was born in Hanover. He became a journalist and later secretary of a circus before forming his own theatrical company and producing and acting in his own plays. Fruhlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening) was written in 1891 and like all his plays aroused great controversy for its sexual outspokenness. It is perhaps his best known work.