Martin Jörg Schäfer teaches Modern German Literature and Theatre at Universität Hamburg. His research examines literature, theatre and theory from the eighteenth century to the present with a focus on the (historical, theoretical and praxeological) relationships between theatre and text.
Alexander Weinstock works as a dramaturg at Theater an der Ruhr in Mühlheim an der Ruhr. His research focusses on literature and culture of the eighteenth century, models of aesthetic education, and the history and theory of theatre.

Frontmatter 1
Table of Contents 5
Acknowledgements 9
Chapter 1. Introduction 11
Chapter 2. Prompting and Its Written Artefacts: Anecdotal Evidence 35
Chapter 3. Writing and Paper Practices in the Prompt Books of the Hamburg Theater-Bibliothek 57
Chapter 4. Creating a Prompt Book, Two at a Time: Scribes and Multi- Layered Revisions for the Hamburg Production of Kotzebue's Die Sonnen-Jungfrau (1790-1826) 81
Chapter 5. Prompt Book Practices in Context: The "Hamburg Shakespeare" between Handwriting and Print, the Audience and Censorship Demands (1770s-1810s and beyond) 141
Chapter 6. Doing Literature in Theatre: Schiller's Adaptation of Lessing's Nathan der Weise between Prompting and Stage Managing (1800s-1840s) 187
Chapter 7. Outlook 245
List of Figures 253
Bibliography 255