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Wedekind, (Benjamin) Frank(lin)
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Wedekind, (Benjamin) Frank(lin) (
b Hanover, 1864;
d Munich, 1918). Ger. playwright and musician. Two of his plays,
Der Erdgeist (Earth Spirit) 1895 and
Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box) 1902, were adapted by
Berg as lib. for his opera
Lulu. Wrote songs with lute acc. His sister Erika (1869–1944) was leading sop. at Dresden Opera 1894–1909.
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The Elusive Transcendent: the Role of Religion in the Plays of Frank Wedekind.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Role of Religion in the Plays of Frank Wedekind. By FRED WHALLEY. (British and...Leben', Fred Whalley argues that Wedekind 'was far more preoccupied with...critics focused too narrowly on Wedekind's interest in religion as it...
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Frank Wedekind: A Bibliographic Handbook.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Frank Wedekind: A Bibliographic Handbook. Comp...performances already noted in G. Seehaus, Frank Wedekind und das Theater (Munich: Laokoon...includes references to reviews of books on Wedekind. Here again each item is described...
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The Ironic Dissident: Frank Wedekind in the View of His Critics.
Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...bibliography by Jones and Shaw, Wedekind can now be brought 'into sharper...Jones requested in 1991 (in: Frank Wedekind Yearbook 1991 ed. by Rolf Kieser...the critics were thinking about Wedekind at the time'. And chronology...
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Von Namen und Dingen: Erkundungen zur Rolle des Ich in der Literatur am Beispiel von Ingeborg Bachmann, Peter Bichsel, Max Frisch, Gottfried Keller, Heinrich von Kleist, Arthur Schnitzler, Frank Wedekind, Vladimir Nabokov und W. G. Sebald.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Gottfried Keller, Heinrich von Kleist, Arthur Schnitzler, Frank Wedekind, Vladimir Nabokov und W. G. Sebald. By IRIS DENNELER...cross-stitching of naming and gender in Schnitzler and Wedekind, which largely bypasses the published research in this...
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FRANK WEDEKIND'S TRAGICOMEDY OF TEENAGE SEX SPRING'S AWAKENING AT NEW WORKSHOP THEATRE, DEC. 7-10
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/6/2006; 451 words
; ...City University of New York issued the following news release: The Brooklyn College Department of Theater presents Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 masterpiece Spring's Awakening at the New Workshop Theater from December 7 to 10. Tickets...
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'Lulu' enjoys revival in condensed version of Wedekind productions.(Time Out!)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 10/4/2002; 700+ words
; ...Jack Helbig German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) spent his career...society. For a glimpse of why Wedekind's plays stirred up so much controversy...of the two plays manages to tell Wedekind's story in less than an hour...
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Frank Wedeking: A Bibliographic Handbook
Magazine article from: German Quarterly; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Robert A., and Leroy R. Shaw. Frank Wedekind: A Bibliographic Handbook. Munich...Together with the critical edition of Wedekind's works in preparation at the "Editions- und Forschungsstelle Frank Wedekind" in Darmstadt, it provides the...
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Portrait of a Woman
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/14/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Lulu" can still turn heads. In Frank Wedekind's 1894 play, Lulu only ages...s admirers. In a broad sense, Wedekind's "Lulu" plays and the variations...the femme fatale. Not long after Wedekind finished writing his original five...
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'Lulu's' in town in rarely produced Rep piece
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Time was when playwright Frank Wedekind was a classic author in the Mark...straight face. That was then. Now Wedekind is Broadway's latest, if unwitting...what resonates with an audience." Wedekind actually wrote three "Lulu" plays...
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Sexualitat und Modernitat: Studien zum deutschen Drama des Fin de Siecle.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Fin de Siecle. By Johannes G. Pankau. (Wedekind-Lekturen: Schriften der Frank Wedekind-Gesellschaft, 4) Wurzburg: Konigshausen...period and particularly with the work of Frank Wedekind. What is new in Pankau's treatment of these...
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Frank Wedekind
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Frank Wedekind The German dramatist, cosmopolite, and libertarian Frank...Further Reading The first full-length study in English of Wedekind is Sol Gittleman, Frank Wedekind (1969). It has a useful chronology and a selective bibliography...
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Wedekind, Frank
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Wedekind, Frank [ Benjamin Franklin ] (1864–...play still retained its hold. Two of Wedekind's later plays, Erdgeist (written...in London and New York in 1970. Among Wedekind's other plays, Der Marquis von Keith...
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Wedekind, (Benjamin) Frank(lin)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Wedekind, (Benjamin) Frank(lin) ( b Hanover, 1864; d Munich, 1918). Ger. playwright and musician. Two of his plays, Der Erdgeist (Earth Spirit...
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Charles Demuth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...suited to illustrating plays and novels such as É mile Zola's Nana, Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, Frank Wedekind's Pandora's Box, and Edgar Allan Poe's The Mask of the Red Death. These illustrations, not meant for publication...
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Das Tagebuch Einer Verlorenen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...packed movie houses and outraged the censors on several continents in the waning days of the silent cinema. Based on Frank Wedekind's play of the same name, Pandora's Box , the movie highlights Brooks as the alluring Lulu, who uses her considerable...
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