Spring's awakening
Subtitle: tragedy of childhood
By: Frank Wedekind ; English version and ten notes by Eric Bentley.
Contributors: Bentley, Eric, 1916-
Publisher: Applause
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
Other titles: Spring awakening
Description: 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 friend, Melchior, but in a confrontation with a mysterious stranger (the famous Masked Man) he finally manages to shed his illusions and face the consequences.
Notes: Translation of: Frühlings Erwachen.
"Drama/world literature"--P. [4] of cover.