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The Awakening of Spring; A Tragedy of Childhood

By Frank Wedekind

2020-01-21 21:43:48

Spring Awakening (German: Frühlings Erwachen) (also translated as Spring's Awakening and The Awakening of Spring) is the German dramatist Frank Wedekind's first major play and a seminal work in the modern history of theatre. It was written sometime ... Read more
Spring Awakening (German: Frühlings Erwachen) (also translated as Spring's Awakening and The Awakening of Spring) is the German dramatist Frank Wedekind's first major play and a seminal work in the modern history of theatre. It was written sometime between autumn 1890 and spring 1891 but did not receive its first performance until 20 November 1906 when it premiered at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt. It carries the sub-title A Children's Tragedy. The play criticizes the sexually oppressive culture of nineteenth-century (Fin de siècle) Germany and offers a vivid dramatization of the erotic fantasies that it breeds. Due to its controversial subject matter, the play has often been banned or censored. Less

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File size100.56 KB
Print pages178
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1355842019
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Frank Wedekind
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Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 – March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. His work which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expres...

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