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Frank Wedekind
Benjamin Franklin Wedekind was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes, is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the development of epic theatre.
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culture · German playwright (1864–1918) · playwright · writer · journalist · screenwriter · actor · stage actor · poet · author · lyricist · composer · also Frank Wedekind, Benjamin Franklin Wedekind, Wedekind
Born 24 July 1864 · Died 9 March 1918 · Q57619
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2006· 2 entries
His earlier play Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891) became well known because of a Broadway musical adaptation
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Frühlings Erwachen was adapted into the successful Broadway musical Spring Awakening
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1969· 1 entry
At age 83, she published an autobiography in German, Lulu: Die Rolle meines Lebens ("Lulu: The Role of My Life")
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1933· 1 entry
Career landmark: Nazi book burnings.
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1918· 1 entry
Died 1918-03-09.
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1906· 1 entry
Married the Austrian actress Tilly Newes, 22 years his junior and became strictly monogamous
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1864· 2 entries
In Hanover, German Confederation, Große Aegidienstraße 13 (today: Friedrichswall 10)
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Born 1864-07-24.
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