Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) is to Danish theatre what Shakespeare, Molière and Strindberg are to their national stages - and the world stage. During his lifetime, Holberg was a major figure in European literature and thought. In the Nordic region, his work forms the backdrop to writers such as Søren Kierkegaard, Hans Christian Andersen, Henrik Ibsen and Karen Blixen. This second volume in a series of ne w translations presents two of Holberg's witty plays about playing roles, in life and in the theatre, and his satire about the man-made setting in which the roles live: his 'feminist' defence of women's equal right to education and employment. With introductions and brief notes.

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Bent Holm: Born in 1946. MA, Phil.Doc. Associate Professor, Theatre Studies, Institute for Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Research travels to Italy, France, and India. Dramaturg and translator of plays, especially by Dario Fo, De Filippo, and Goldoni. Doctoral dissertation about Comédie Italienne in a broad cultural/religious/iconographic context. Has published interdisciplinary studies on historical and dramaturgical issues in English, French, Polish, and Italian. Is for the moment preparing the English version of his book about eighteenth-century playwright Ludvig Holberg in a dramaturgical-historical perspective. Special research focuses are on relationships between visual arts and theatre; drama analysis and creative theatre production; theatricality and rituality. Lecturer at several international universities and research centres, most recently in Torino, Paris, Frankfurt, and Stockholm. Member of scientific committees and networks in Paris, Mantova, and Torino, among other cities. Publications include: "The Taming of the Turk: Ottomans on the Danish Stage 1596-1896". Vienna: Hollitzer, 2014 (= Ottomania 2).