[New post] “The Father” at Kinetic Theatre Company

wkarons posted: "In his Hamburg Dramaturgy, the 18th-century German playwright and critic Gotthold Ephraim Lessing claimed for theater, above all other arts, the capacity to arouse in an audience member a feeling that he termed Mitleid. That word, if you were to translate" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on The Pittsburgh Tatler “The Father” at Kinetic Theatre Company by wkarons In his Hamburg Dramaturgy, the 18th-century German playwright and critic Gotthold Ephraim Lessing claimed for theater, above all other arts, the capacity to arouse in an audience member a feeling that he termed Mitleid. That word, if you were to translate it literally, would be something like "suffering with"; Lessing theorized that drama achieved its greatest effect when […] Read more of this post wkarons | September 19, 2018 at 11:54 pm | Tags: Kinetic Theatre Company | Categories: Theatre Review | URL: https://wp.me/p1x3Sc-IA Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from The Pittsburgh Tatler. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://wendyarons.wordpress.com/2018/09/19/the-father-at-kinetic-theatre-company/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com