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Spring Awakening on Tour closed on May 15, 2011

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FRANK WEDEKIND

Author

(1864–1918) was born in Hanover, Germany. His first major play was Spring Awakening (1891). The “Lulu” plays, Earth Spirit (1895) and Pandora’s Box (1904), are probably his best-known pieces. During Wedekind’s lifetime, his plays were repeatedly banned and only performed in censored versions. They were considered scandalous, for he dared to deal with issues of sexual freedom and release, problems of puberty, moments of ecstasy between the sexes and moments of misunderstanding and violence. His work broke through all the clichés of the theatre of his time, and today he is considered one of the founders of modern drama and a pioneer of expressionism in the theatre.