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''Erdgeist'', 1895 and ''Die Büchse der Pandora'' by German playwright [[Frank Wedekind]] (1864-1918) are collectively known as ''The Lulu Plays''.

== The original text ==
Published in German in ''Gesammelte Werke'', Band 3 by Frank Wedekind. Munchen : Muller, 1924.

==Translations and adaptations==
Published in English in ''The Lulu plays, & other sex tragedies'' by Frank Wedekind; translated from the German by Stephen Spender. Calder and Boyars, c1972.

Also available as ''Lulu : a sex tragedy'', adapted by Peter Barnes from Frank Wedekind's ''Earth spirit'' and ''Pandora's box'', translation by Charlotte Beck. Heinemann Educational, 1971.

== Performance history in South Africa ==
[[Ken Leach]] directed ''The Lulu Plays'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Rosebank Arena|Arena Theatre]] in 1976.

An adaptation of ''Earth Spirit'' and ''Pandora's Box'' by [[Chris Pretorius]] was presented in English by [[CAPAB]] under the title ''The Lulu Sex Tragedies'' and directed by Pretorius, opening at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 11 April 1984. The cast were [[Megan Kruskal]] (Lulu), [[Russel Savadier]], [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Marthinus Basson]], [[David Dennis]], [[Laurens Cilliers]], [[Rayne Hindle]], [[Lynita Crofford]], [[Charlton George]], [[Sandra Temmingh]], [[Terry Greyvenstein]], [[Stephen Jennings]]. Costume design by [[Marthinus Basson]], lighting by [[Brian Kennedy]], metal sculptures by Barend de Wet, electronic music by Guillaume Rossouw.

== Sources ==

== Return to ==

Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 L|L]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-[[Ken Leach]] directed ''The Lulu Plays'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Arena Theatre|Rosebank Arena]], Johannesburg, in 1976.
+: [[Ken Leach]] directed ''The Lulu Plays'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Arena Theatre|Rosebank Arena]], Johannesburg, in 1976.
-An adaptation of ''Earth Spirit'' and ''Pandora's Box'' by [[Chris Pretorius]] was presented in English by [[CAPAB]] under the title ''The Lulu Sex Tragedies'' and directed by Pretorius, opening at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 11 April 1984.  The cast were [[Megan Kruskal]] (Lulu), [[Russel Savadier]], [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Marthinus Basson]], [[David Dennis]], [[Laurens Cilliers]], [[Rayne Hindle]], [[Lynita Crofford]], [[Charlton George]], [[Sandra Temmingh]], [[Terry Greyvenstein]], [[Stephen Jennings]]. Costume design by [[Marthinus Basson]], lighting by [[Brian Kennedy]], metal sculptures by Barend de Wet, electronic music by Guillaume Rossouw.
+: An adaptation of ''Earth Spirit'' and ''Pandora's Box'' by [[Chris Pretorius]] was presented in English by [[CAPAB]] under the title ''The Lulu Sex Tragedies'' and directed by Pretorius, opening at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 11 April 1984.  The cast were [[Megan Kruskal]] (Lulu), [[Russel Savadier]], [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Marthinus Basson]], [[David Dennis]], [[Laurens Cilliers]], [[Rayne Hindle]], [[Lynita Crofford]], [[Charlton George]], [[Sandra Temmingh]], [[Terry Greyvenstein]], [[Stephen Jennings]]. Costume design by [[Marthinus Basson]], lighting by [[Brian Kennedy]], metal sculptures by Barend de Wet, electronic music by Guillaume Rossouw.
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-[[Ken Leach]] directed ''The Lulu Plays'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Arena TheatreRosebank Arena]], Johannesburg, in 1976.
+[[Ken Leach]] directed ''The Lulu Plays'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Arena Theatre|Rosebank Arena]], Johannesburg, in 1976.
 An adaptation of ''Earth Spirit'' and ''Pandora's Box'' by [[Chris Pretorius]] was presented in English by [[CAPAB]] under the title ''The Lulu Sex Tragedies'' and directed by Pretorius, opening at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 11 April 1984.  The cast were [[Megan Kruskal]] (Lulu), [[Russel Savadier]], [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Marthinus Basson]], [[David Dennis]], [[Laurens Cilliers]], [[Rayne Hindle]], [[Lynita Crofford]], [[Charlton George]], [[Sandra Temmingh]], [[Terry Greyvenstein]], [[Stephen Jennings]]. Costume design by [[Marthinus Basson]], lighting by [[Brian Kennedy]], metal sculptures by Barend de Wet, electronic music by Guillaume Rossouw.

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−	''Erdgeist'', 1895 and ''Die Büchse der Pandora'' by German playwright [[Frank Wedekind]] (1864-1918) are collectively known as ''The Lulu Plays''. In ''Erdgeist'' the world of adolescence as portrayed in his play ''[[Spring's Awakening]]'', is changed into the world of later youth, with a tragically symbolic heroine in Lulu, who, evil incarnate, lusts instead of loves. In the sequel, ''Die Büchse der Pandora'' (written with one act in German, one in French, one in English), Lulu is shown moving to a dismal end, even while a spirit greater than hers arises in the person of her Lesbian devotee, the Countess Geschwitz.	+	''Erdgeist'', 1895 and ''Die Büchse der Pandora'' by German playwright [[Frank Wedekind]] (1864-1918) are collectively known as ''The Lulu Plays''. In ''Erdgeist'' the world of adolescence as portrayed in his play ''[[Frühlings Erwachen\|Spring's Awakening]]'', is changed into the world of later youth, with a tragically symbolic heroine in Lulu, who, evil incarnate, lusts instead of loves. In the sequel, ''Die Büchse der Pandora'' (written with one act in German, one in French, one in English), Lulu is shown moving to a dismal end, even while a spirit greater than hers arises in the person of her Lesbian devotee, the Countess Geschwitz.

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-''Erdgeist'', 1895 and ''Die Büchse der Pandora'' by German playwright [[Frank Wedekind]] (1864-1918) are collectively known as ''The Lulu Plays''.
+''Erdgeist'', 1895 and ''Die Büchse der Pandora'' by German playwright [[Frank Wedekind]] (1864-1918) are collectively known as ''The Lulu Plays''. In ''Erdgeist'' the world of adolescence as portrayed in his play ''[[Spring's Awakening]]'', is changed into the world of later youth, with a tragically symbolic heroine in Lulu, who, evil incarnate, lusts instead of loves. In the sequel, ''Die Büchse der Pandora'' (written with one act in German, one in French, one in English), Lulu is shown moving to a dismal end, even while a spirit greater than hers arises in the person of her Lesbian devotee, the Countess Geschwitz.
 == The original text ==
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 An adaptation of ''Earth Spirit'' and ''Pandora's Box'' by [[Chris Pretorius]] was presented in English by [[CAPAB]] under the title ''The Lulu Sex Tragedies'' and directed by Pretorius, opening at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 11 April 1984.  The cast were [[Megan Kruskal]] (Lulu), [[Russel Savadier]], [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Marthinus Basson]], [[David Dennis]], [[Laurens Cilliers]], [[Rayne Hindle]], [[Lynita Crofford]], [[Charlton George]], [[Sandra Temmingh]], [[Terry Greyvenstein]], [[Stephen Jennings]]. Costume design by [[Marthinus Basson]], lighting by [[Brian Kennedy]], metal sculptures by Barend de Wet, electronic music by Guillaume Rossouw.
+Stellenbosch University Library catalogue.