Frank Wedekind: Spring Awakening & More Audiobook by Frank Wedekind

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Title: Frank Wedekind: Spring Awakening & More
Subtitle: Four Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions
Categories: Classic, Fiction, Theater
Author: Frank Wedekind
Narrator: Francis de Wolff, Hugh Burden, John Rye, Robert Eddison, Derek Godfrey, Joe Melia, Kathryn Hurlbutt, Alec McCowen, Alan Howard, Dilys Laye, Peter Woodthorpe
Publisher: BBC Audio
Release date: 06-26-2025
Language: English

Summary:
A brand new production of Spring Awakening, alongside three classic plays from the BBC archive

Frank Wedekind is widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of modern drama, whose works influenced later writers such as Brecht and Dürrenmatt. His best-known plays were Spring Awakening and Lulu, both of which transgressed the social norms of his time and still have the power to shock and provoke us today. They are included here, alongside his lesser-known tragicomedy The Marquis of Keith.

Spring Awakening – Frank Wedekind’s groundbreaking 1891 play deals with teenagers Wendla, Melchoir and Moritz, who navigate the awakening of desire and their relationships with their parents in a sexually repressive society. This fast, punchy, two-part version is adapted by Theo Toksvig-Stewart

Lulu – The inspiration for numerous reimaginings, including the acclaimed silent film Pandora’s Box, Wedekind’s classic 1890s epic scandalised nineteenth-century audiences. It tells the story of Lulu, an alluring siren who is both innocent victim and amoral seducer.

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