Musik
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 2005
64 pages
978-1-78319-356-1 (ISBN)
Description
"Without crime I became a criminal. Without payment I became a whore"
Munich, 1906. Klara lives with her singing teacher and his wife. But when a backstreet abortionist is arrested, a secret emerges which theatens to destroy the household's respectability.
Frank Wedekind was the great rebel of European theatre, best known for Spring Awakening and the Lulu Plays. In Musik he delivers a blistering attack on middle-class hyprocrisy and double-standards.
This exhiliarating adaptation by Neil Fleming opened The Last Waltz Season at the Arcola Theatre, London in March 2005.
Munich, 1906. Klara lives with her singing teacher and his wife. But when a backstreet abortionist is arrested, a secret emerges which theatens to destroy the household's respectability.
Frank Wedekind was the great rebel of European theatre, best known for Spring Awakening and the Lulu Plays. In Musik he delivers a blistering attack on middle-class hyprocrisy and double-standards.
This exhiliarating adaptation by Neil Fleming opened The Last Waltz Season at the Arcola Theatre, London in March 2005.
Reviews / Votes
It has an admirable choked quality, like a cry of despair suppressed * Lyn Gardner, The Guardian * ...a bracingly modern study of hypocrisy, the bourgeoisie, artistic exploitation with a good old swipe at the press along the way. Fascinating stuff. * Carole Woddis, WhatsonStage.com *More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-78319-356-1 (9781783193561)
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Persons
Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) had a seminal effect on the development of twentieth-centruy German drama. His plays portray a society riven by the demands of lust and greed, and his powerful writing continues to disturb and shock; his plays were still being refused a performing licence in Britain in the 1960s.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Characters
- First Canvas: Out in the dark
- Second Canvas: Four Grey Walls
- Third Canvas: Out of the frying pan
- Fourth Canvas: The last laugh
