The Lulu Plays: And Other Sex Tragedies - Softcover

Wedekind, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847494609 ISBN 13: 9781847494603

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2017

Synopsis

Two of Wedekind’s most seminal plays, Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box both focus on the actions of the young heroine Lulu, who embodies both animal sensuality and waif-like innocence, as she escapes a life on the streets, receives a society education, marries, takes on various lovers, becomes a dancer in a revue, is imprisoned for murder and encounters Jack the Ripper. When Earth Spirit was premiered in Leipzig in 1898, Wedekind was vilified and persecuted for advocating unfeigned sexual pleasure and making his heroine a heartless whore. Death and Devil and Castle Wetterstein, the other plays that make up this volume, are essentially extensions of and complimentary to the Lulu tragedies.

About this title

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.

Language Notes:

Text: English, German (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1847494609
• ISBN 13: 9781847494603
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304