THOMAS CARLYLE, writing of German literature in the Edinburgh Review some forty years ago, exemplified the prevailing ignorance of that literature among the English in the early part ot this century ...

The Enlightenment-era German-language playwright Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a controversial crusader for religious tolerance in his time. In our time, however, Nathan the Wise – his 1779 parable now ...

The first image of "Emilia Galotti" tells us everything. Director Michael Thalheimer has pared Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 18th century tragedy down from its standard five acts to a brisk 75 minutes, ...

Nathan the Wise (original title "Nathan der Weise") is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, published in 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. It describes how the Jewish merchant Nathan, ...

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