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John Yorke examines the radical 1891 play Spring Awakening by German dramatist Frank Wedekind.

A cautionary, nightmarish portrait of teenage angst and rebellion against oppressive social structures and family pressures, the play鈥檚 explicit content was so shocking that it was not performed for 15 years after its publication. In the decades since, it has often been cut or censored. Wedekind鈥檚 original play became the inspiration for a 2006 hit Broadway musical of the same name.

In this first of two episodes, John looks at who Frank Wedekind was, and how he contributed to the expressionist movement that swept through Europe in the early 20th century - and how that collision created such an enduring work.

John Yorke has worked in television and radio for 30 years and shares his experience as he unpacks the themes and impact of the books, plays and stories that are being dramatised in 成人快手 Radio 4鈥檚 Sunday Drama series. As former Head of Channel Four Drama and Controller of 成人快手 Drama Production he has worked on some of the most popular shows in Britain - from EastEnders to The Archers, Life on Mars to Shameless. As creator of the 成人快手 Writers Academy, he's trained a generation of screenwriters - now with over 70 green lights and thousands of hours of television to their names. He is the author of Into the Woods, the bestselling book on narrative, and he writes, teaches and consults on all forms of narrative - including many podcasts for R4.

Contributors:
Jonathan Franzen, author and essayist
Dr Karen Leeder, Professor of Modern German Literature, University of Oxford

Producer: Lucy Hough
Executive Producer: Caroline Raphael
Sound: Sean Kerwin
Production Hub Coordinator: Nina Semple

Audio: Spring Awakening (Fruhlings Erwachen), translated by Tom Osborn and adapted for 成人快手 Radio 4 by John Tydeman and first broadcast 26th March 1973 on 成人快手 Radio 4.

Actors:
Wendla: Helen Worth
Mrs Bergmann: Diana Olsson
Georg: Brian Hewlett
Melchior: Christopher Guard
Ernst: Michael Cochrane
Lammermeir: Andrew Rivers
Hans: Christopher Good
Moritz: John Moulder-Brown

A Pier production for 成人快手 Radio 4

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