The Lulu Plays & Other Sex Tragedies"The "Lulu" plays Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904) were probably his best-known works until the 2006 adaptation of Spring Awakening [Frühlings Erwachen]. Originally conceived as a single play, the two pieces tell a continuous story of a sexually enticing young dancer who rises in society through her relationships with wealthy men but who later falls into poverty and prostitution. The frank depiction of sexuality and violence in these plays, including lesbianism and an encounter with Jack the Ripper (a role that Wedekind played in the original production), pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable on the stage at the time."-- |
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ALFRED HUGENBERG ALWA armchair backstage BIANETTA CASTI-PIANI centre door chair chaise longue child comes costume COUNTESS GESCHWITZ creature curtains dance dear death downstage left downstage right dream EFFIE ELFRIEDE ESCERNY Exit eyes father feel Frank Wedekind Georg Kaiser GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM girl give goes GOLL hair hand happiness head heaven HEILMANN HEIRI WIPF HILTI HUGENBERG human HUNIDEI husband JACK Jungfrau shares KADIDJA kisses knees KÖNIG KUNGU POTI lady LEONORE LISISKA live look LUCKNER LUDMILLA STEINHERZ LULU LULU PLAYS Madame MAGELONE Malchus marriage married Mother never night opens the door Paul Raabe play pleasure police PUNTSCHU RAYMOND ROUSSEL RODRIGO round RÜDIGER SALZMANN Scene SCHARLACH SCHIGABEK SCHIGOLCH SCHÖN SCHWARZ sensual sitting soul speak stay TAUBERT tell There's thing thousand marks throws tomorrow torment TSCHAMPER UHLHORST Wetterstein What's wife woman women