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The opposite of Shaw's My Fair Lady
That's the first of the two Lulu plays that are the models and sort of libretto of Alban Berg's eponymous opera, Lulu. This first play only follows Lulu through her social ascent up to the death of her third husband, Dr Schön Sr. She was picked up from the street at the age of twelve by that Dr Schön Sr., raised and educated into being a lady. But you cannot negate your original nature, Wedekind tells us on the model of Emile Zola's naturalism, and as opposed to Bernard Shaw's My Fair Lady. Lulu is married by her benefactor, first to an older man, Dr Goll, who dies of a heart attack when he discovers she is having an affair with the painter who is painting her portrait. Then Dr Schön Sr. marries her to the painter who makes a brilliant career thanks to the help of Dr Schön Sr. as a press editor in chief. But this painter commits suicide when Dr Schön Sr. tells him who she really is in order to make him look after his wife more closely. Then she starts a dancing career with Alva Schön in his theater. She is brilliant till the night when Doctor Schön Sr. comes to the show with his fiancée. She then faints onstage and afterwardsforces Dr Schön Sr. to write a breaking up letter to his fiancée and he will eventually marry her. Then Lulu goes on having intrigues more than affairs with men, all kinds of men, Alva of course, but also anyone young or old popping up. Is she a whore as she is accused of being, or just a woman who likes to be courted and wooed? From what we see we may think she is the second, though she encourages Alva's cooing and wooing, while her husband, his father, can see the scene. The father, her husband, comes with a gun and tries to force her to kill herself. She finally shoots him in the back with five bullets. And the end comes with the police ringing at the door. Her tragic fate is the consequence of a belief there is no possible change in someone's nature, hence Lulu was born in the gutter in the street and she will have to cause death and create drama, inflict devastation on the world around her. But each victim of her charm will go up in the seriousness of their violent ends: a heart attack, hence a death that is natural; a suicide, hence a death brought up by the victim himself; and finally a murder in self defense but entirely caused by an aggression she had caused herself. She is, at the end, a plain murderess even if in self defense attire. God bless the child, because she is a child.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University of Paris Dauphine, University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines.
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: Boston J.W. LuceNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Publisher: München : G. MüllerPublication date: 1918Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This Book Is In German. ... Read more