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Delve into the complexities of desire, ambition, and the human condition, as suggested by the evocative title. This podcast invites listeners to explore the darker facets of existence, where themes...
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Delve into the complexities of desire, ambition, and the human condition, as suggested by the evocative title. This podcast invites listeners to explore the darker facets of existence, where themes of lust, greed, and societal decay intertwine in a tapestry of compelling narratives. With each episode featuring a new complete audiobook, you will encounter a rotating collection of works that reflect the tumultuous interplay between passion and consequence. Rather than a single story, this series offers unique explorations that challenge perceptions and provoke thought, encouraging a deeper understanding of the forces that shape our lives. Unravel the mysteries of human nature and the societal structures that bind us, and discover a new book with every episode, enriching your journey through literature's most provocative themes.
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26 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
25 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
24 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
23 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
22 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
21 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
20 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
19 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
18 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
17 AUG 2026 · Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Lulu: Amanda Friday Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson Schigolch: Alan Mapstone Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Magelone: Margaret Espaillat Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug Puntschu: Alan Weyman Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala Bob: rookieblue Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear Jack: Bob Gonzalez Audio editing: Chuck Williamson
Delve into the complexities of desire, ambition, and the human condition, as suggested by the evocative title. This podcast invites listeners to explore the darker facets of existence, where themes...
show more
Delve into the complexities of desire, ambition, and the human condition, as suggested by the evocative title. This podcast invites listeners to explore the darker facets of existence, where themes of lust, greed, and societal decay intertwine in a tapestry of compelling narratives. With each episode featuring a new complete audiobook, you will encounter a rotating collection of works that reflect the tumultuous interplay between passion and consequence. Rather than a single story, this series offers unique explorations that challenge perceptions and provoke thought, encouraging a deeper understanding of the forces that shape our lives. Unravel the mysteries of human nature and the societal structures that bind us, and discover a new book with every episode, enriching your journey through literature's most provocative themes.
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