COLLECTION NAME:
Theatre Arts
Record
Title:
Spring's Awakening
Title.Series:
Dr. Tice Miller Lecture Slides
Collection Title:
Theatre Arts
Creator.Persons:
Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918
Notes:
Kammerspiele, Berlin, 1906 ; from History of the theatre (Brockett, 5th ed.)
Title.Series.Notes:
The images in this collection are taken from the lecture slides of Dr. Tice Miller, covering the history of theatrical practice, Eastern and Western, from ancient cultures through the 20th century. Predominately obtained from other reference materials, these files contain photographs and designs depicting theatrical spaces, scenery, costumes, and lighting. Practitioners, performers, and theoreticians are represented in photographs, paintings, and sculptures. The images are accompanied by general bibliographic information, originally compiled by Dr. Miller
Collection Information:
Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402)-472-1193
Description:
Reinhardt's production of Wedekind's Spring's Awakening, Act III, scene 6 ; design by K. Walser. Spring Awakening is the German dramatist Frank Wedekind's first major play and a seminal work in the modern history of theatre. It was written sometime between autumn 1890 and spring 1891, but did not receive its first performance until 20 November 1906 in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt. It carries the sub-title A Children's Tragedy. The play criticizes the sexually-oppressive culture of 19th century (Fin de siecle) Germany and offers a vivid dramatization of the erotic fantasies that it breeds. Due to the controversial subject matter (puberty, sexuality, rape, child abuse, homosexuality, suicide, abortion), the play has often been banned or censored. It was first staged in English in 1917 in New York City. This performance was threatened with closure when the city's Commissioner of Licenses claimed that the play was pornographic, but a New York trial court issued an injunction to allow the production to proceed. One matinee performance was allowed for a limited audience.
Subject.Persons:
Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943 ;Walser, Karl, 1877-1943 ;Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918. Fruhlings Erwachen
Subject:
Theater --Germany -- History --20th century ;Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery ;Theater -- Censorship
Location:
Germany
Image.Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Libraries
Image.Date:
2014
Source:
Tice Miller, Professor Emeritus UNL ; scan from teaching slides
