Spring's Awakening

Spring's Awakening by Frank Wedekind. Edited by Eric Bentley. Applause Books. Script for the play by Frank Wedekind only. Not sheet music. 126 pages. Applause Books #1557832455. Published by Applause Books.

Spring's Awakening is a tragic-comedy of teenage sex. It's fourteen-year-old heroine, Wendla, is killed by abortion pills. The young Moritz, terrorized by the world around him, and especially by his teachers, shoots himself. The ending seems likely to be the suicide of Moritz's friend, Melchior, but in a confrontation with a mysterious stranger (the famous Masked Man) he finally manages to shed his illusions and face the consequences.