Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-05-27 | Page 5 | 'Tragedies of Sex' Are Vivid Stories

Tragedies of Sex Are Vivid Stories Tra Tragedies e o of Sex one one of ot the r re ra cent additions to th the current list of appealing books Is a collection of plays on th the subject t of or sex done by Frank Wedekind German dramatist prior to his hi death In 1918 The play plays are translated by Samuel A it Eliot who has also written a an Interesting introduction intro Intra for tor the boon Wedekind so much abused In his lifetime has since his death been recognized recognized rec rec- as the forerunner of or expressionism the most a significant playwright play play- l wright whether U In technique or in subject matter that Germany has produced pro pro- sInce sine naturalism dwindled Into conventionality con The Awakening of or I Spring written over thirty years ears ago has been the most 1 widely known aged and r I effective c Of all hl his works Ste r I I s I and truth th ij speak J A-J for Or themselves wherever where civilization has distorted adolescence Into Unhappiness and may have contributed even en In this country to that progress of opinions which more and more frankly admits the importance to aUyoung all aU young people of sex knowledge and freedom of discussion and Box t the Lulu Luiu plays are works of art not fy propaganda P d and d teem with W marvelously marvelous marvelous- 10 ly hy vivid vl characters yet ever and ever er In them sounds the noto of bitterness bit bit- at he havoc sex may cause causa which completely acquits Wedekind of the pernicious pornography n of which some critics uh have accused h him fn Connected t with these three play almost trl to toPs Ps summarizing summarizing- them is the tho sho short work ark Tod and Teufel here called Damnation a a grimly Ironic attack upon Its Us very author a climax of pessimism pes pea No translation of this has baa r heretofore r been published I S It may help 3 kf A If to clear Wedekind's moral character Like Castl Casti the plays play's hero he ha is fundamentally a moralist The The- book will open to students of ot continental continental conti conti- drama a new Interest a new and fascinating author and point of New York