Who wrote the play Pandora's Box, first published in 1904?

Frank Wedekind wrote the play Pandora’s Box, first published in 1904.

Pandora’s Box is the second of Wedekind’s two Lulu plays, following Earth Spirit. Its central character, Lulu, is a socially transgressive woman whose relationships and public image drive the drama. The two plays were later combined and adapted in different forms, including G. W. Pabst’s 1929 film Pandora’s Box.

Wedekind was a German playwright whose work often challenged conventional attitudes toward sexuality, morality, and social respectability. His Lulu dramas are among his best-known works and have inspired stage, film, and operatic adaptations.

The play should not be mistaken for a direct dramatization of Hesiod’s Greek myth. Wedekind uses Pandora’s name and its associations with danger and released consequences, but the plot centers on Lulu and the society surrounding her. The connection is literary and thematic rather than a scene-by-scene retelling of the ancient story.