Cover of The Awakening of Spring

The Awakening of Spring

Frank Wedekind

Literature, Drama · English

Read by a full cast

The Awakening of Spring is the German dramatist Frank Wedekind's first major play and a seminal work in the modern history of theatre. It is the source material for the contemporary rock musical Spring Awakening. The play criticises the sexually-oppressive culture of fin de siècle Germany and offers a vivid dramatisation of the erotic fantasies that it breeds. Due to the nature of its content, the play has often been banned. (Summary by wikipedia and wildemoose)

Cast:

Narrator: Diana Majlinger

Wendla: Arielle Lipshaw

Frau Bergman: Elizabeth Klett

Melchior: mb

Otto/Fliegentod/Gaston: David Lawrence

Moritz: Margaret Espaillat

George/Martha/Ina: Kristingj

Robert/Zungenschlag/Ruprecht: John Fricker

Ernest: Max Körlinge

Thea/Ilse: Carolin Kaiser

Laemmermeier/Knuppeldick/Diethelm/Friend Ziegenmelker/The Masked Man: Nathanial W.C. Higgins

Hans/Habebald/Helmuth: Martin Geeson

Professor Hungergurt/Uncle Probst: Franswa

Professor Knochenbruch: Bellona Times

Frau Gabor: Ann Simmons

Sonnenstich/Rheinhold: Chuck Williamson

Pastor Kaulbauch/Locksmith: Lucy Perry

Renter Stiefel/Dr. Prokrustes: Legentis

Herr Gabor/Dr. Von Brausepulver: Algy Pug

Audio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.

queue_music Chapters 3

  1. 1 1 - Act 1 31:14
  2. 2 2 - Act 2 43:26
  3. 3 3 - Act 3 58:01

Made with ❤ by ionko.com