Wedekind's play about adolescent sexuality is as disturbing today as when it was
first produced Wedekind's notorious play Spring Awakening was written in 1891 b
ut had to wait the greater part of a century before it received its first comple
te performance in Britain, at the National Theatre in 1974. The production was h
ighly praised, much of its strength deriving from this translation by Edward Bon
d and Elisabeth Bond Pable, 'scrupulously faithful both to Wedekind's irony and
his poetry.' The Times This translation of Spring Awakening was first performed
at the National Theatre, London on 24 May 1974. For this edition the translator,
Edward Bond, has written a note on the play and a factual introduction to Wedek
ind's life and work.
