| Wedekind Plays 1: Spring Awakening: A Children's Tragedy, Lulu: A Monster Tragedy Contributor(s): Wedekind, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413675408 ISBN-13: 9780413675408 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $29.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: 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. Both plays are complemented by the translators' historically illuminating introductions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General |
| Dewey: 832 |
| Series: World Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.16" W x 7.96" (0.61 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wedekind, Frank: - 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.Wedekind, Frank: - 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. |