Hamburgische Dramaturgie is a highly influential work on drama by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, written between 1767 and 1769. It was not originally conceived as a unified and systematical book, but rather as series of theater reviews, which Schiller wrote when working as a dramaturge for the Hamburgische Entreprise.[1]
The idea of a journal with Lessing as a dramatic critic to criticise their efforts was conceived by the Entreprise's founder Johann Friedrich Löwen, and Abel Seyler, "the power behind the throne," agreed, "at first grudgingly, but later was enthusiastic over the periodical's success."[2]
