Miss Sara Sampson

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Miss Sara Sampson
Written byGotthold Ephraim Lessing
CharactersSir William Sampson
Miss Sara, his daughter
Mellefont
Marwood, Mellefont's old lover
Arabella, Marwood's daughter
Waitwell, an old servant of Sampson
Norton, servant of Mellefont
Betty, maid of Sara
Hannah, maid of Marwood
The Innkeeper and some secondary characters.
Date premiered10 July 1755 (1755-07-10)
Place premieredDrill hall
in Frankfurt-on-the-Oder, Germany
Original languageGerman
GenreTragedy
Bourgeois tragedy
SettingEngland

Miss Sara Sampson (original spelling Miß Sara Sampson

dramaturg at the German National Theatre in Hamburg
.

See also

Notes

  1. Dramatis personæ, though the spelling "Miss
    " now has wide currency in German

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