Spring Awakening: A Dramatic Exploration of Youth and Society
Author(s): Frank Wedekind (Author)
Publisher: SMK Books
Publication Date: 3 April 2018
Language: English
Print length: 86 pages
ISBN-10: 1515429687
ISBN-13: 9781515429685
Book Description
Set in late-19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality. The plays performance was threatened with closure when the city’s Commissioner of Licenses claimed that the play was pornographic, due to its portrayal of abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse and suicide, but a New York trial court issued an injunction to allow the production to proceed.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Spring Awakening is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan Franzen’s fraught yet buoyant translation is the best I’ve ever read. In a culture where lies about adolescence prevail, this funny and honest play is more relevant than ever. Spring Awakening is essential reading.” —Christopher ShinnSpring Awakening is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan Franzen’s fraught yet buoyant translation is the best I’ve ever read. In a culture where lies about adolescence prevail, this funny and honest play is more relevant than ever. Spring Awakening is essential reading. Christopher Shinn“
“Spring Awakening” is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan Franzen’s fraught yet buoyant translation is the best I’ve ever read. In a culture where lies about adolescence prevail, this funny and honest play is more relevant than ever. “Spring Awakening” is essential reading. “Christopher Shinn””
“”Spring Awakening” is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan Franzen’s fraught yet buoyant translation is the best I’ve ever read. In a culture where lies about adolescence prevail, this funny and honest play is more relevant than ever. “Spring Awakening” is essential reading.” –Christopher Shinn
” Spring Awakening is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan Franzen’s fraught yet buoyant translation is the best I’ve ever read.& nbsp; In a culture where lies about adolescence prevail, this funny and honest play is more relevant than ever. Spring Awakening is essential reading. ” & nbsp; — Christopher Shinn
” “Spring Awakening” is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan Franzen’s fraught yet buoyant translation is the best I’ve ever read. In a culture where lies about adolescence prevail, this funny and honest play is more relevant than ever. “Spring Awakening” is essential reading.” — Christopher Shinn
From the Back Cover
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.
About the Author
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.
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