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Three letters written by Lichtenberg from London in 1775. The first letter is dated October 1, 1775, the second October 10, 1775, the third November 30, 1775. In the first letter, Lichtenberg analyzes in detail the ghost scene in Hamlet as acted by Garrick and in the others he speaks in general of the English theater.
PUBLISHED IN: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's vermischte Schriften, vol. 3, Göttingen, Heinrich Dieterich, 1801, pp. 239-372.
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RECENT EDITIONS:
The letters have been published in the collections of Lichtenberg's works:
- Gesammelte Werke, edited by Wilhelm Grenzmann, Frankfurt am Main, Holle, 1949, 2 vols. Preface by Grenzmann. The letters are in volume 1.
- Schriften und Briefe, edited by Wolfgang Promies, München, Hanser, 1968-1992, 6 vols. The letters are in volume 3.
TRANSLATIONS:
Italian (Partial Translation): Adelina Suber (edited by), «Due lettere dall'Inghilterra di G. Ch. Lichtenberg», Teatro e Storia, VIII, n. 1 iss. 14 (April 1993), 39-65. There is no translation of the third letter.
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