Wedekind Plays: One [Paperback]

Frank Wedekind (Author)

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Publication Date: May 15, 2000 | Series: World Classics

Wedekind's expressionist plays influenced the whole course of modern drama

A moralist who wore the mask of an immoralist, Wedekind was the terror of the German bourgeoisie. His work was censored and the original Lulu play was not even published during his lifetime; 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, presenting the original sexually voracious heroine to a British audience for the first time. The volume also contains Spring Awakening, "a work of great compassion that still has a lot to teach us about the dangers of battening down adolescent sex…" (Guardian). 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. Both plays are complemented by the translators' historically illuminating introductions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Methuen Drama (May 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0413675408
• ISBN-13: 978-0413675408
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,075,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ahead of his Time, August 21, 2009

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Ahead of his time, this Wedekind collection of plays show his mastery with the form of Theatre and psychology. The depth of his understanding of male/female relations in all its forms combined with exciting theatre (or even just as literature to be read) left me feeling that real wisdom, especially between (and of) the sexes, was imparted to me. And highly entertaining...