Spring’s Awakening
(Frühlings Erwachen)
A Children’s Tragedy
Dedicated to
The Muffled Gentleman
Characters
Melchior Gabor
Moritz Stiefel
Hänschen Rilow
Ernest Roebel
Lämmermeier
Otto
George
Robert ⎫
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⎭ Schoolboys,
aged 14 to 17
Diethelm
Reinhold
Ruprecht
Helmuth
Gaston ⎫
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⎭ Boys in a House of Correction
Mr. Gabor, a Judge
Mrs. Fanny Gabor ⎫
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⎭ Melchior’s Parents
Mr. Stiefel, Moritz’s Father
Mr. Ziegenmelker, his Friend
Mr. Probst, Moritz’s Uncle
Rev. Mr. Kahlbaugh, Pastor
Dr. Sonnenstich, Principal
Dr. Affenschmalz
Dr. Knochenbruch
Dr. Zungenschlag
Dr. Knüppeldick
Dr. Hungergurt
Dr. Fliegentod ⎫
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⎭ The Faculty of the
Boys’ School
Habebald, the School Beadle
Dr. Prokrustes, Head of the House of Correction
A Locksmith
Dr. von Brausepulver, M.D.
The Muffled Gentleman
Mrs. Bergmann
Ina Müller, her married daughter
Wendla Bergmann, her 14-year-old daughter
Martha Bessel
Thea ⎫
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⎭ Wendla’s Friends
Ilse, an older girl, an artist’s model
The Scene is laid in Southern Germany or in
Switzerland. The Time is from May
to November, 1892.