Spring's Awakening (Bentley, trans.)

Spring's Awakening (Bentley, trans.)

Spring's Awakening (Bentley, trans.)

Eric Bentley, Frank Wedekind

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Spring's Awakening (Bentley, trans.)

Spring's Awakening (Bentley, trans.)

Eric Bentley, Frank Wedekind

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An early example of the German expressionist movement. Spring's Awakening tells a timeless tale of the infatuations of youth and the tragic consequences brought on by the misunderstandings and provincial attitudes of the older generation towards the realities of sex and love in the world of the young. Banned following it's premiere, this incendiary play still exerts a vivid theatrical power.

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Eric Bentley

Eric Bentley
Eric Bentley was born in England in 1916, became an American citizen in 1948, in 1998 was inducted into the (American) Theatre Hall of Fame, and in 2011 won a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Scholar, critic, teacher, performer, translator and, final ...
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Frank Wedekind