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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA" title="إفرايم ليسينغ – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إفرايم ليسينغ" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC" title="افرايم ليسينج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="افرايم ليسينج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qothold_Efraim_Lessinq" title="Qothold Efraim Lessinq – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qothold Efraim Lessinq" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82" title="قوتهولد افرایم لسینق – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قوتهولد افرایم لسینق" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%AD%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Готхальд Эфраім Лесінг – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Готхальд Эфраім Лесінг" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%95%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Готхолд Ефраим Лесинг – Bulgairien" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Готхолд Ефраим Лесинг" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgairien" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Dens" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Dens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%95%CF%86%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BC_%CE%9B%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA" title="Γκότχολντ Εφραίμ Λέσσινγκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκότχολντ Εφραίμ Λέσσινγκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Inglis" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="Inglis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Spainish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spainish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Eastlands" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Eastlands" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="گوتهولد افرایم لسینگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گوتهولد افرایم لسینگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%98%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92" title="גוטהולד אפרים לסינג – Ebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גוטהולד אפרים לסינג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Ebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%B0%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A4_%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3" title="Գոտհոլդ Լեսսինգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գոտհոլդ Լեսսինգ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0" title="ゴットホルト・エフライム・レッシング – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ゴットホルト・エフライム・レッシング" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a 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dir="ltr"><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:22em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold"><span class="fn">Gotthold Ephraim Lessing</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing.PNG/220px-Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing.PNG/330px-Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing.PNG 2x" data-file-width="437" data-file-height="528" /></a></span><div>Portrait o Lessing bi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Rosina_de_Gasc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anna Rosina de Gasc (page disna exeest)">Anna Rosina Lisiewska</a> during his time as dramaturg o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Seyler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abel Seyler (page disna exeest)">Abel Seyler</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamburgische_Entreprise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hamburgische Entreprise (page disna exeest)">Hamburg Naitional Theatre</a> (1767/1768)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-top:0.225em;line-height:1.1em;padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td style="line-height:1.4em;">22 Januar 1729<span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1729-01-22</span>)</span><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kamenz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kamenz (page disna exeest)">Kamenz</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Upper_Lusatie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upper Lusatie (page disna exeest)">Upper Lusatie</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Electorate_o_Saxony&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electorate o Saxony (page disna exeest)">Saxony</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-top:0.225em;line-height:1.1em;padding-right:0.65em;">Dee'd</th><td style="line-height:1.4em;">15 Februar 1781<span style="display:none">(1781-02-15)</span> (aged 52)<br /><a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Braunschweig</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Duchy_o_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duchy o Brunswick-Lüneburg (page disna exeest)">Brunswick-Lüneburg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-top:0.225em;line-height:1.1em;padding-right:0.65em;">Thrift</th><td class="role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Writer, filosofer, <a href="/wiki/Dramatist" class="mw-redirect" title="Dramatist">dramatist</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Publicist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Publicist (page disna exeest)">publicist</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Airt_creetic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Airt creetic (page disna exeest)">airt creetic</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dramaturg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dramaturg (page disna exeest)">dramaturg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-top:0.225em;line-height:1.1em;padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Leipzig_Varsity" title="Leipzig Varsity">Leipzig Varsity</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Luther_Varsity_o_Halle-Wittenberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martin Luther Varsity o Halle-Wittenberg (page disna exeest)">Varsity o Wittenberg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-top:0.225em;line-height:1.1em;padding-right:0.65em;">Notable warks</th><td style="line-height:1.4em;"><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miss_Sara_Sampson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miss Sara Sampson (page disna exeest)">Miss Sara Sampson</a></i>; <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emilia_Galotti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emilia Galotti (page disna exeest)">Emilia Galotti</a></i>; <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minna_von_Barnhelm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minna von Barnhelm (page disna exeest)">Minna von Barnhelm</a></i>; <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nathan_the_Wise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nathan the Wise (page disna exeest)">Nathan the Wise</a></i>; <i>Laocoön</i>; <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamburgische_Dramaturgie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hamburgische Dramaturgie (page disna exeest)">Hamburgian Dramaturgy</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-top:0.225em;line-height:1.1em;padding-right:0.65em;">Spoose</th><td style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eva_K%C3%B6nig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eva König (page disna exeest)">Eva König</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;"><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-top:0.225em;line-height:1.1em;padding-right:0.65em;">Signatur</th><td style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lessing_Unterschrift.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Lessing_Unterschrift.gif/160px-Lessing_Unterschrift.gif" decoding="async" width="160" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Lessing_Unterschrift.gif/240px-Lessing_Unterschrift.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Lessing_Unterschrift.gif 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="129" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gotthold Ephraim Lessing</b> (<small>German: </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_German" title="Wikipedia:IPA for German">[ˈlɛsɪŋ]</a></span>; 22 Januar 1729 – 15 Februar 1781) wis a German writer, filosofer, <a href="/wiki/Dramatist" class="mw-redirect" title="Dramatist">dramatist</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Publicist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Publicist (page disna exeest)">publicist</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Airt_creetic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Airt creetic (page disna exeest)">airt creetic</a>, an ane o the maist ootstaundin representatives o the <a href="/wiki/Age_o_Enlichtenment" title="Age o Enlichtenment">Enlichtenment</a> era. His plays an theoretical writins substantially influenced the development o <a href="/w/index.php?title=German_leeteratur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="German leeteratur (page disna exeest)">German leeteratur</a>. He is widely conseedert bi theatre historians tae be the first <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dramaturg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dramaturg (page disna exeest)">dramaturg</a> in his role at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Seyler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abel Seyler (page disna exeest)">Abel Seyler</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamburgische_Entreprise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hamburgische Entreprise (page disna exeest)">Hamburg Naitional Theatre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Eedit section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFLuckhurst2006" class="citation book cs1">Luckhurst, Mary (2006). <i>Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre</i>. 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href="http://www.bncatalogo.cl/F?func=direct&local_base=red10&doc_number=000080138">000080138</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biblioteca_Nacional_de_Espa%C3%B1a&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Biblioteca Nacional de España (page disna exeest)">BNE</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/authoritybrowse.cgi?action=display&authority_id=XX974829">XX974829</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=BNF_(identifier)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BNF (identifier) (page disna exeest)">BNF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11912703h">cb11912703h</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11912703h">(data)</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biografisch_Portaal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Biografisch Portaal (page disna exeest)">BPN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biografischportaal.nl/en/persoon/02668086">02668086</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Name_and_Title_Authority_File_of_Catalonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Name and Title Authority File of Catalonia (page disna exeest)">CANTIC</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cantic.bnc.cat/registres/CUCId/a10444270">a10444270</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CiNii_(identifier)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CiNii (identifier) (page disna exeest)">CiNii</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ci.nii.ac.jp/author/DA01784697?l=en">DA01784697</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=GND_(identifier)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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