Theater of the Germans
Theater der Deutschen was a series of books in which contemporary German-language theater plays were published. It appeared between 1766 and 1784 in a total of 20 volumes.
Frequency of publication
The first 6 volumes were published by Johann Heinrich Rüdiger in Berlin and Leipzig . From volume 7 (1768) the series was published by Johann Jacob Kanter in Königsberg and Leipzig. Since then, about one volume has been published a year. In 1776 the publication was discontinued, in 1783/1784 two more volumes were submitted. The last volume contained Schiller's “ Robbers ” as the last piece .
content
In addition to pieces by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , Goethe and Schiller , the volumes also contained the works of authors who are far less known today.
literature
- Reinhart Meyer : Bibliographia dramatica et dramaticorum. 1. Department, Volume 3. Tübingen: Niemeyer 1986. pp. 1429-1435.