Nathan der Weise
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Nathan der Weise is a German dramatic poem in five acts by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781)[1]
The original text
Published in 1779, it was conceived as the first German of ideas ("Ideendrama"[2]) and contains a strong plea for religious tolerance. Since performances of the play were forbidden by the church during Lessing's lifetime, it was only performed at the Döbbelinsches Theater in Berlin in 1783.
Translated into English as Nathan the Wise by a range of authors (see Nathan the Wise in Wikipedia[3],
Also translated and directed in South Africa as Nathan the Wise by Robert Mohr (the script held by NELM: [Collection: DALRO]: 2001. 41. 188). .
