He modeled one of his best known tragic plays, which featured such characters as Waitwell and Mellefont, after George Lillo's play George Barnwell, while another of his plays features the character Tellheim, who was based on his friend Ewald von Kleist.
Macaulay called him "the first critic in Europe," as demonstrated by such works of criticism as Letters Relating to Recent Literature. He modeled one of his best known tragic plays, which featured such characters as Waitwell and Mellefont, after George Lillo's play George Barnwell, while another of his plays features the character Tellheim, who was based on his friend Ewald von Kleist. More famously, he is the author of a play in which a Templar loves the Jewish girl Recha and whose title character, modeled after Moses Mendelssohn, tells Saladin the parable of the three rings. For ten points, identify this 18th century German dramatist, known for such works as Miss Sara Sampson, Minna von Barnhelm, and Nathan the Wise.
Macaulay called him "the first critic in Europe," as demonstrated by such works of criticism as Letters Relating to Recent Literature.
Gotthold Ephraim {Lessing}