Claim: The play "Nathan the Wise" premiered at Döbbelinsches Theater four years after it was published.
Evidence: It was never performed during Lessing's lifetime and was first performed in 1783 at the Döbbelinsches Theater in Berlin. Nathan the Wise (original German title: Nathan der Weise, pronounced [ˈnaːtaːn deːɐ̯ ˈvaɪ̯zə (listen)) is a play published by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in 1779.