Nathan the Wise

by Gotthold E. Lessing, Edward Kemp

Overview

An 18th-century German play about religious tolerance in a terrific new translation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781854597656
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	04/01/2004
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

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.