Download or read book Spring Awakening written by Frank Wedekind and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in late 19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality. The plays performance was threatened with closure when the city's Commissioner of Licenses claimed that the play was pornographic, due to its portrayal of abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse, and suicide, but a New York trial court issued an injunction to allow the production to proceed.