Who wrote the stage play Pandora’s Box, the second part of Frank Wedekind’s Lulu drama?

Frank Wedekind wrote the stage play Pandora’s Box, the second part of his Lulu drama. It continues the story of Lulu, a controversial character whose relationships drive the action.

Wedekind’s Lulu cycle consists of Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box. The plays challenged conventional attitudes toward sexuality, morality, and social respectability, making them influential and contentious in German theatre.

Pandora’s Box was first published and performed in the early twentieth century. Its title alludes to the Greek myth, but Lulu is not the mythological Pandora; she is a dramatic creation used to explore power, desire, and repression.

The play later became the basis for major adaptations, including Pabst’s 1929 film. Modern references to “Pandora’s Box” therefore may point either to Wedekind’s play or to unrelated retellings of the ancient myth.