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