Wedekind's play about adolescent sexuality is as disturbing today as when it was first produced. Spring Awakening was written in 1891 but had to wait the greater part of a century before it received its first complete performance in Britain, at the National Theatre in 1974. The production was highly praised, much of its strength deriving from this translation by Edward Bond and Elisabeth Bond Pablé. For this edition the translator, Edward Bond, has written a note on the play and a factual introduction to Wedekind's life and work.

Spring Awakening (Modern Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Frank Wedekind

Dramas & Plays

Methuen Drama

Wedekind's play about adolescent sexuality is as disturbing today as when it was first produced Wedekind's notorious play Spring Awakening was written in 1891 but had to wait the greater part of a century before it received its first complete performance in Britain, at the National Theatre in 1974. The production was highly praised, much of its strength deriving from this translation by Edward Bond and Elisabeth Bond Pable, 'scrupulously faithful both to Wedekind's irony and his poetry.' The Times This translation of Spring Awakening was first performed at the National Theatre, London on 24 May 1974. For this edition the translator, Edward Bond, has written a note on the play and a factual introduction to Wedekind's life and work.

Spring Awakening

Dramatic Pub. Co.

The Awakening of Spring: A Tragedy of Childhood (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Awakening of Spring: A Tragedy of Childhood A grim vein of humor is exhibited now and then, as when we are introduced to the conference room in which the members of a gymnasium faculty, met to consider the regulation of their pupils' morals, sit be neath the portraits of Pestalozzi and J. J. Rousseau disputing with considerable acrimony about the opening and shutting of a window. The exchange of unpleasant personalities is interrupted only by the entrance of the accused student, to whose defense the faculty refuses to listen, having marked the boy for expulsion prior to the formal farce of his trial. Wedekind has been accused of depicting his adults as too ignorant and too indifferent to the needs of the younger generation. But most of us will have to admit that the majority of his scenes and characters seem very true to life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Children's Books

Forgotten Books

Spring's Awakening is a tragi-comedy of teenage sex. Its fourteen-year-old heroine, Wendla, is killed by abortion pills. The young Moritz, terrorized by the world around him, and especially by his teachers, shoots himself. The ending seems likely to be the suicide of Moritz's friend, Melchior, but in a confrontation with a mysterious stranger (the famous Masked Man) he finally manages to shed his illusions and face the consequences.

Spring's Awakening

Smith & Kraus

Frühlings Erwachen. Mit Materialien. Eine Kindertragödie. (Lernmaterialien)

Schöningh im Westermann

Die junge Lulu ist in ihrer Mischung aus Triebhaftigkeit und Unschuld für die Männer unwiderstehlich, ohne Skrupel nutzt sie ihre Liebhaber aus. Schließlich zur Prostituierten in London abgestiegen, erfüllt sich ihr Schicksal, als sie Jack the Ripper begegnet. – Frank Wedekinds bekanntestes Drama entstand 1913 aus den beiden älteren Bühnenstücken »Erdgeist« und »Die Büchse der Pandora«, wobei jeweils der dritte Aufzug aus »Erdgeist« und der erste Aufzug der »Büchse der Pandora« entfielen. Der vorliegende Band enthält den kompletten Text der beiden zugrunde liegenden Stücke.

Lulu. Erdgeist. Die Buchse der Pandora.

Reclam, Ditzingen

paperback; 159 numbered pages; preface; IN GERMAN

Erdgeist Die Buchse Der Pandora

Contemporary

Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, GmbH

Fruhlings Erwachen (German Edition)

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co

Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek (SBB), Nr.21, Frühlings Erwachen

Suhrkamp

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