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Pandora's Box (1904) ( Die Büchse der Pandora ) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind . It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays, the first being Earth Spirit (1895), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". [1] G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version Pandora's Box (1929), which was loosely based on the play. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist , first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora ). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu . Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from ...

There's word golf and author golf. I got to Wedekind via Buchner. * Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 – March 9, 1918), usually known as Frank Wedekind , was a German playwright . His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism , and he was a major influence on the development of epic theatre . Works Wedekind's first major play, Frühlings Erwachen ( Spring Awakening , 1891), which concerns sexuality and puberty among some young German students, caused a scandal, as it contained scenes of homoeroticism , implied group male masturbation , actual male masturbation, sado-masochism between a teenage boy and girl, rape, and suicide , as well as references to abortion . In 2006, it was adapted into a successful Broadway musical , Spring Awakening . The "Lulu" plays Erdgeist ( Earth Spirit , 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora ( Pandora's Box , 1904) are probably his best k...