Hamburg National Theatre

The Hamburg Enterprise , commonly known as the Hamburg National Theatre, was a theatre company in Hamburg (now Germany), that existed 1767–1769. It was the first attempt to establish a national theatre in Germany. It was modelled after Det Kongelige Teater, founded by Ludvig Holberg in Denmark in 1748. Its leading actor was Konrad Ekhof and the theatre employed Gotthold Ephraim Lessing as the world's first dramaturg; Lessing's influential Hamburg Dramaturgy is based on his work at the Hamburg National Theatre, defined the new field of dramaturgy and also introduced the term.