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An 18th-century German play about religious tolerance in a terrific new translation.
Price: $22.95
Pages: 96
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Publication Date:
01 April 2004
Trim Size: 7.70 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781854597656
Format: Paperback
G.E. Lessing (1729-81) wrote three plays in addition to Nathan the Wise (1779): Miss Sara Sampson (1755), based on the novels of Samuel Richardson; Minna von Barnhelm (1767), the first true German comedy; and Emilia Galotti (1772), a middle-class tragedy. Edward Kemp is a freelance writer and director. Earlier work includes a two-part adaptation of The Mysteries for the RSC, published by Nick Hern Books and available from TCG. He is literary manager at Chichester Festival Theatre.