JEPPE OF THE HILL. And Other Comedies

Author: Ludvig Holberg, translated by Gerald S. Argetsinger and Sven H. Rossel
Country: Illinois
Language: English
Year Published: 1990
No. of pages: 328
Illustrations:
Binding: Hardbound w/ Jacket
Size: 9 1/2”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 809314819
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 3478

Price: $39.50

The collection opens with “The Political Thinker”, the first Danish play to be produced in the new Danish Theatre, and ends with “The Burial of Danish Comedy”, literally the funeral service for the bankrupt theatre. Three more of Holberg’s renowned character comedies follow, “Jean de France”, “Jeppe of the Hill”, and “Erasmus Montanus”, along with his literary satire “Ulysees von Ithacia”. The final two plays demonstrate his ability to write shorter comic works, “The Christmas Party”, a scathing comedy of manners, and “Pernille’s Brief Experience as a Lady”, a situation comedy that satirizes baby-switching.