Wedekind Plays One: Spring Awakening: A Children's Tragedy Lulu: A Monster Tragedy (World Classics) - Softcover

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.

Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was the terror of the bourgeoisie. His work was persecuted and his major plays were not performed in his lifetime - the original Lulu play was not even published. Instead 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 and presents the original sexually voracious heroine to a British audience for the first time. The volume also contains "Spring Awakening."