Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (1864 – 1918). German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the development of epic theatre.
In the English-speaking world, before 2006 Wedekind was best known for the "Lulu" cycle, a two-play series—Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904)—centered on a young dancer/adventuress of mysterious origin. In 2006 his earlier play Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891) became well known because of a Broadway musical adaptation.
- "There he stood, ugly, brutal, dangerous, with close-cropped redhair, his hands in his trouser pockets, and one felt that the devil himself couldn’t shift him." https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/51329424.pdf
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