Pandora's Box: A Tragedy in Three Acts

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Pandora's Box: A Tragedy in Three Acts

by Frank Wedekind

EN·~1 hours·6 chapters

Chapters

6 total

PANDORA'S BOX

0:10

CHARACTERS

0:41

ACT I

33:31

ACT II

43:44

ACT III

34:01

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

0:26

Description

The opening drifts into a dimly lit hall where a shattered picture and missing furniture hint at a recent upheaval. Countess Geschwitz, rigid in black, watches the restless Rodrigo, a former acrobat turned servant, as they debate a woman whose reputation teeters between scandal and salvation. Alva Schön, a writer plagued by doubt, paces the doorway, her thoughts turning to a prisoner‑turned star of a new drama.

Amid whispered arguments about health, art, and the burden of public expectation, the characters spin a web of jealousy, ambition, and fragile alliances. Their tangled motivations promise a clash between personal desire and societal pressure, all set against the looming presence of an enigmatic “Pandora’s Box” that seems to hold both promise and doom. Listeners are invited to follow the conspiratorial chatter into a world where every revelation may tip the balance toward tragedy.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (108K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Michael Roe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Release date

2010-08-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Frank Wedekind

Frank Wedekind

1864–1918

A daring playwright and performer, he shook up German theater with sharp, unsettling works that challenged middle-class morality and sexual repression. Best known for Spring Awakening and the Lulu plays, he helped pave the way for modern drama.

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