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Castle Wetterstein

Author : Frank Wedekind
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 177048695X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Castle Wetterstein written by Frank Wedekind and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “At the beginning stands Wedekind.” So wrote German literary critic Rudolf Kayser in 1917 of the new forms of expressionist theater that were then becoming central to German culture. In Schloss Wetterstein (Castle Wetterstein), one of his most important plays, Wedekind offers a satirical take on marriage and the bourgeois nuclear family; at the play’s center is a rebellious teenage girl who turns to prostitution after her upbringing in an unstable household. The play was published in 1912, but a performance ban was put into effect immediately, and continued until after Wedekind’s death. This new edition offers a fresh translation, an illuminating brief introduction, and a selection of background materials that help to set the play in context.

The Lulu Plays and Other Sex Tragedies

Author : Frank Wedekind
Publisher : Calder Publications
ISBN 13 : 0714549991
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book The Lulu Plays and Other Sex Tragedies written by Frank Wedekind and published by Calder Publications. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of Wedekind's most seminal plays, Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box both focus on the actions of the young heroine Lulu, who embodies both animal sensuality and waif-like innocence, as she escapes a life on the streets, receives a society education, marries, takes on various lovers, becomes a dancer in a revue, is imprisoned for murder and encounters Jack the Ripper. When Earth Spirit was premiered in Leipzig in 1898, Wedekind was vilified and persecuted for advocating unfeigned sexual pleasure and making his heroine a heartless whore. Death and Devil and Castle Wetterstein, the other plays that make up this volume, are essentially extensions of and complimentary to the Lulu tragedies.

Der Marquis Von Keith: Schauspiel in Fün Aufzügen

Author : Frank Wedekind
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780526215898
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Der Marquis Von Keith: Schauspiel in Fün Aufzügen written by Frank Wedekind and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"Taken by the Devil"

Author : Margaret Notley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190069880
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book "Taken by the Devil" written by Margaret Notley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Censorship had an extraordinary impact on Alban Berg's opera Lulu, composed by the Austrian during the politically tumultuous years spanning 1929 to 1935. Based on plays by Frank Wedekind that were repeatedly banned from being published and performed from 1894 until the end of World War I, the libretto was in turn censored by Berg himself when he characterized it as a morality play after submitting it to authorities in Nazi Germany in 1934. After Berg died the next year, the third act was censored by his widow, Helene, and his former teacher, Arnold Schoenberg. In "Taken by the Devil", author Margaret Notley uncovers the unusual and uniquely generative role of censorship throughout the lifecycle of Berg's great opera. Placing the opera and its source material in wider cultural contexts, Notley provides close readings of the opera's libretto and score to reveal techniques employed by the composer and by Wedekind before him in negotiating censorship. She also explores ways in which Berg chose to augment discrepancies between the plays rather than flatten them as in certain performances of the plays during the 1920s, adding further dimensions of interpretation to the work. Elegantly readable, "Taken by the Devil" is one of the most meticulously researched and nuanced studies of Lulu to date, and illuminates the process of politically-driven censorship of theater, music, and the arts during the tumultuous early twentieth century.

Lulu

Author : Frank Wedekind
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9781854594532
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book Lulu written by Frank Wedekind and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lulu follows the decline and fall of a young woman possessed of a fatal combination of sexuality and innocence." -- Back cover.

Red and Lulu

Author : Matt Tavares
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536245682
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Red and Lulu written by Matt Tavares and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separation and miles cannot keep a determined cardinal from his loved one in an ode to serendipity and belief that is destined to be a Christmas classic. Red and Lulu make their nest in a particularly beautiful evergreen tree. It shades them in the hot months and keeps them cozy in the cold months, and once a year the people who live nearby string lights on their tree and sing a special song: O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree. But one day, something unthinkable happens, and Red and Lulu are separated. It will take a miracle for them to find each other again. Luckily, it’s just the season for miracles. . . . From Matt Tavares comes a heart-tugging story combining the cheer of Christmas, the magic of New York City, and the real meaning of the holiday season: how important it is to be surrounded by love.

The Lulu Plays

Author : Frank Wedekind
Publisher : Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Lulu Plays written by Frank Wedekind and published by Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Publications. This book was released on 1967 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts a society riven by the demands of lust and greed.

Pandora's Box

Author : Frank Wedekind
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781545594667
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (946 download)

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Download or read book Pandora's Box written by Frank Wedekind and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1914-03-12 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pandora's Box (1904) (Die B�chse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die B�chse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by F�licien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself.

Nothing

Author : Lulu Raczka
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783196920
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Nothing written by Lulu Raczka and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nothing eight young people - including a Vandal, a Stalker and a Porn Girl - recount their experiences, capturing the apathy rampant in today's youth. Yet Nothing is much more than a series of monologues. It is about - among other things - cupcakes, action films, crap television, shitting, sex, buses and stalking. It is about alienation and being young. Initially written as eight monologues by Lulu Raczka (winner of the Sunday Times Young Playwriting Award), Nothing asks questions about the nature of theatre itself. In its original production by Barrel Organ Theatre the performers improvised a new cut with every performance, each starting the show without knowing which particular monologue they would be performing on that occasion. Nothing is thus a game for both performer and audience, but it is also a serious interrogation of the structures within which we live.

On the Bodily Education of Young Girls

Author : Frank Wedekind
Publisher : Hesperus Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843914556
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book On the Bodily Education of Young Girls written by Frank Wedekind and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Mine-Haha is a fairy tale that morphs into something far more grotesque-a psycho-sexual Expressionist fable. It's so perversely erotic and freaky and anti-society, and that's probably why it's never been translated into English until now. This new version by Philip Ward is long overdue and very welcome.' Marianne Faithfull --Book Jacket.

Lulu on the Bridge

Author : Paul Auster
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805059786
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Lulu on the Bridge written by Paul Auster and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-09-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The insider's guide and perfect companion to the new film starring Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, and Vanessa Redgrave--the romantic story of two lonely, mismatched strangers, transformed into soul mates by the uncanny power of a phosphorescent stone. 40 photos.

Wedekind: The Lulu Plays

Author : Frank Wedekind
Publisher : Oberon Books
ISBN 13 : 9780948230387
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Wedekind: The Lulu Plays written by Frank Wedekind and published by Oberon Books. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Earth Spirit, The Marquis of Keith and Pandora's Box In Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box, better known as The Lulu Plays, we see Lulu's rapid descent into degradation, culminating in her violent death. She has destroyed a succession of bourgeois males, both disturbed and attracted by her lack of inhibition. In The Marquis of Keith, the eponymous hero destroys his most meaningful relationship through his single-minded pursuit of satisfaction, both sexual and financial.

The Oxford Guide to Plays

Author : Michael Patterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198604181
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (986 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Plays written by Michael Patterson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone with an academic, professional, amateur, or recreational interest in the theatre is likely to want to look up details of particular plays sometimes - perhaps to check on the author, or on when they were first performed, or perhaps to see how many characters they have, and whether or not they would be suitable for their theatre company or drama group to perform. The Oxford Dictionary of Plays provides essential information on the 1000 best-known, best-loved, and most important plays in world theatre. Each entry includes details of title, author, date of composition, date of first performance, genre, setting, and the composition of the cast, and more. A synopsis of the plot and a brief commentary, perhaps on the context of the play, or the reasons for its enduring popularity, follow. Around 80 of the most significant plays - from The Oresteia to Waiting for Godot - are dealt with in more detail. Genres covered include: burlesque, comedy, farce, historical drama, kabuki, masque, melodrama, morality play, mystery play, No, romantic comedy, tragicomedy, satire, and tragedy. An index of characters enables the reader to locate favourite characters, and trace the trajectory of major historical and legendary characters - such as Iphigenia - through world drama, including in plays that do not have entries in the Dictionary. An index of playwrights, with dates, allows the reader to find all the plays included by a particular author.

Lulu

Author : Douglas Jarman
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521284806
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Lulu written by Douglas Jarman and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1991-02-22 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide to Berg's second opera, Lulu, written in non-technical language and intended for those students and music lovers wishing to become familiar with one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century music. Jarman presents a clear and concise introduction to the musical language and to the intricate musical and dramatic structure of Berg's opera. The volume also examines the literary background, the genesis, composition, and tortuous posthumous career of the work. The final chapters survey the performance history and suggest a possible interpretation of this complex and challenging composition. An important feature of the book is the inclusion of source documents and critical responses to the opera. Illustrated with photographs from the premiere and from recent productions, the volume also includes a synopsis, bibliography, and discography.

A History of Modern Drama, Volume I

Author : David Krasner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444343742
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Drama, Volume I written by David Krasner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama. Contains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, connecting themes and offering original interpretations Includes coverage of non-English works and traditions to create a global view of modern drama Considers the influence of modernism in art, music, literature, architecture, society, and politics on the formation of modern dramatic literature Takes an interpretative and analytical approach to modern dramatic texts rather than focusing on production history Includes coverage of the ways in which staging practices, design concepts, and acting styles informed the construction of the dramas

Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 3, Expressionism and Epic Theatre

Author : J. L. Styan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521296304
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 3, Expressionism and Epic Theatre written by J. L. Styan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-06-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern drama in theory and ... /J.L. Styan.-v.3.

The Music of Alban Berg

Author : Douglas Jarman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520326237
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Music of Alban Berg written by Douglas Jarman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.