This unrealized design for Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening: A Children's Tragedy explores censorship culminating in tragedy through the use of auditory encryption.
Event and Quote Breakdown
Analysis of Modern Relevance
Dramaturgy
Concept Breakdown and Analysis
Cipher Key and Thematic Words
Cue Sheet
Entfremdung: Alienation and estrangement.
Fas: Moral objectivity and correctness.
Nefas: Something that is morally wrong, forbidden, or against divine law.
Innocentia Amissa: "Innocence lost" or "innocence having been lost." The verb "amittere" means "to lose" in the sense of having something taken away. "Amissa" is the past participle of this verb, so this phrase emphasizes the condition of having lost innocence.
Innocentia Perdita: "Lost innocence" or "innocence destroyed." The verb "perdere" means "to destroy" or "to ruin," and "perdita" is the past participle. This phrase implies irreversible destruction.
Zerrissenheit: Inner strife, fragmentation, torn-to-pieces-hood
Vivere: Living fully, with a sense of vitality and engagement with life. It implies not just existence but a vibrant, purposeful life.