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The Awakening of Spring

by Frank Wedekind

Teenagers in a small German town are told nothing about sex, and Wedekind’s play shows what their ignorance costs them. He wrote it in 1891, and it was not staged until 1906, in Berlin, and then with cuts. Its frankness has kept it in trouble ever since.

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Reading time

About 1 hr 40 min

Where to find it

The Unwelcome Spines, beyond the Restricted Catalogue

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #35242. In the public domain in the United States.