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Frank Wedekind , 1864-1918, German dramatist. He was also a journalist and publicist, and he worked on the staff of Simplicissimus. A forerunner of the expressionists, he employed grotesque fantasy and unconventional characters in order to attack the bourgeois ideals and hypocrisy of his society. Wedekind was particularly concerned with sexual themes, stressing the primacy of man's instincts. His plays include Frühlings Erwachen (1891, tr. The Awakening of Spring, 1909), Der Erdgeist (1895, tr. Earth Spirit, 1914), and Die Büchse der Pandora (1903, tr. Pandora's Box, 1918). Alban Berg compiled the libretto for his opera Lulu (1934) from the latter two.

Bibliography: See study by S. Gittleman (1969, repr. 1980).

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Wedekind, Frank ( Benjamin Franklin) (1864–1918) German dramatist whose use of theatre anticipated that of expressionism and influenced Brecht. His plays include Spring Awakening (1906) and Lulu, which appeared in two parts: Earth-Spirit (1902) and Pandora's Box (1905).

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