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From Jonathan Franzen, bestselling author of The Corrections and Crossroads, comes his razor-sharp translation of Frank Wedekind's major modern play, Spring Awakening.

"This brave new musical, haunting and electrifying by turns, restores the mystery, the thrill to that shattering transformation that stirs in all our souls."--Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

"The staggering purity of this show will touch all open hearts...In... Read Full Overview

Spring Awakening -Acting Edition is a work by Frank Wedekind now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

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... Read Full Overview

"Spring Awakening" is German playwright's Frank Wedekind's controversial and shocking drama of sexuality and repression. First performed in 1906 in Berlin, though written by Wedekind several years earlier, the play focuses on the lives on several adolescents coming of age... Read Full Overview

Frank Wedekind: Fr hlings Erwachen. Eine Kindertrag die Entstanden 1890/91, Erstdruck: Z rich (Gro ) 1891. Urauff hrung am 20.11.1906 in Berlin. Vollst ndige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2016. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe:... Read Full Overview

Fr?hlings Erwachen ist ein gesellschaftskritisch-satirisches Drama von Frank Wedekind, das erstmals 1891 erschien. Im St?ck werden mehrere Jugendliche im Laufe ihrer Pubert?t erstmals mit Problemen psychischer Instabilit?t und der gesellschaftlichen Intoleranz ihrer sexuellen... Read Full Overview

Wedekind's play about adolescent sexuality is as disturbing today as when it was first produced

The Awakening Of Spring: A Tragedy Of Childhood Translated From The German By Francis J. Ziegler This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate... Read Full Overview

A Student Edition of Wedekind's classic 1891 expressionist play about adolescent sexuality.

This version of Frank Wedekind's extraordinary play Spring Awakening was specially commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The themes it addresses and the sheer energy of the writing make this masterpiece of German symbolism startlingly relevant today. With its scenes... Read Full Overview

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,... Read Full Overview