Frank Wedekind
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Benjamin Franklin Wedekind was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes, is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the development of epic theat
Frank Wedekind
Wedekind and his wife Tilly, 1910
Wedekind in 1883
Spring Awakening (musical)
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Spring Awakening is a coming-of-age rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. It is based on the 1891 German play Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind. Set in late 1
Frank Wedekind
…to abortion. The "Lulu" plays Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904) were probably his best-known works until the 2006 adaptation of Spring Awakening. Originally conceived as a single play, the two pieces tell a continuous story of a sexually enticing young dancer who rises in society through her…
"The Word of Your Body" from Carnegie Mellon University's 2013 production of Spring Awakening
"Don't Do Sadness" from Carnegie Mellon University's 2013 production of Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening at London's Novello Theatre, spring 2009