Hamburg Dramaturgy

Hamburg Dramaturgy (German: Hamburgische Dramaturgie) is a highly influential work on drama by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, written between 1767 and 1769. It was not originally conceived as a unified and systematical book, but rather as series of theater reviews, which Lessing wrote when working as a dramaturge for the Hamburgische Entreprise.[1]

The idea of a journal with Lessing as a dramatic critic to criticise their efforts was conceived by the Entreprise's founder Johann Friedrich Löwen, and Abel Seyler, "the power behind the throne," agreed, "at first grudgingly, but later was enthusiastic over the periodical's success."[2]

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  1. ↑ "Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Hamburgische Dramaturgie (1767)" (in German). University of Duisburg. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  2. ↑ George Freedley, John A. Reeves, A history of the theatre, Crown Publishers, 1968, p. 243

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