History Creator / LudvigHolberg

Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a Danish-Norwegian playwright, author, scholar, essayist, and philosopher, who introduced much of the Enlightenment in Denmark. He is mainly remembered for the comedies he wrote for his students at the University of Copenhagen, to perform at the Grønnegade Theatre. Many of his comedies are still among the most popular plays in Danish and he has been named "The father of modern Danish literature" and "The Moliere of the North".

* GratuitousGerman: ''The Planless'' again - with a ConMan who comes in disguise, ranting in German UpToEleven with the sole purpose of confusing the main character even more.

* TakeThat: Holberg often adressed human flaws, vain behaviour, and the utter silliness of the upper classes. Thus, his OnlySaneMan mostly happened to be the servitude, often represented by a StockCharacter, split in the male servant Henrik and the female servant Pernille -- usually combining a DeadpanSnarker with a wise fool of some sorts. Pernille often solved the problems behind her husband`s back. Or Henrik did, or the two of them in tandem. Other variations on this theme are to be found.

---> I wager nobody ever wrote a comedy about a planless person before now...

* TakeThat: Holberg often adressed human flaws, vain behaviour, and the utter silliness of the upper classes. Thus, his OnlySaneMan mostly happened to be the servitude, often represented by a StockCharacter, split in the male servant Henrik and the female servant Pernille - usually combining a DeadpanSnarker with a wise fool of some sorts. Pernille often solved the problems behind her husband`s back. Or Henrik did, or the two of them in tandem. Other variations on this theme are to be found.

Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) was a Danish-Norwegian playwright, author, scholar, essayist, and philosopher, who introduced much of the Enlightenment in Denmark. He is mainly remembered for the comedies he wrote for his students at the University of Copenhagen, to perform at the Grønnegade Theatre. Many of his comedies are still among the most popular plays in Danish and he has been named "The father of modern Danish literature" and "The Moliere of the North".

** Holberg himself owed a lot to Creator/{{Moliere}}, to a point where he essentially stole the entire plotline for ''The Planless'' from ''le Malade Imaginaire''/''The hypocondriac''. Holberg just added two more characters, and the play got even more funny.

** The parodic play ''Ulysses von Ithacien'' is such a heavy offender on fourth wall smashing that the fourth wall hardly exists. Mostly, it consists of one actor constantly arguing on the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief to the point where he breaks off the play completely to end up in fistfights with the other players, before the play defiantly continues, only for the same actor to smash it again. The whole thing dissolves into a {{dada}} sequence and a GainaxEnding.

** ''Ulysses von Itacien'', and also his rather surreal piece ''Melampe'' manages to be the MontyPython equivalent of the Danish enlightenment era.

** ''Jeppe paa Bjerget'' (''Jeppe from the Hill'')

** ''ErasmusMontanus eller Rasmus Berg''

** ''Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg''

* ForeignCultureFetish: ''Jean de France'' is his most prominent example - a play featuring a young snob coming fresh from France after some cultural upbringing, and making a complete ass of himself because nobody actually knows French in his hometown. On another level, many of his characters spice their language with French and German to underline their status (Vielgeschrey, the NominalHero of ''The Planless'', constantly adresses his brother Leonard with the words "mon frère").

* ForeignCultureFetish: ''Jean de France'' is his most prominent example - a play featuring a young snob coming fresh from France after some cultural upbringing, and making a complete ass of himself because nobody actually knows French in his hometown. On another level, many of his characters spice their language with French and German to underline their status (Vielgeschrey, the NominalHero of ''The Planless'', constantly adress his brother Leonard with the words "mon frère").

** ''The tale of Niels Klim and his adventures in the lands under the earth'' an early science fiction story, written and published in ''latin'' nontheless. His implied social criticism in this work was so serious he had it published in Prague.

''Den Politiske Kandestøber'' (''The Political Tinker'')
''Den Vægelsindede'' (''The Indecisive'')
'' Jean de France eller Hands Frandsen''
''Jeppe paa Bjerget'' (''Jeppe from the Hill'')
''Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg''
''Don Ranudo de Colibrados''
''Den Stundesløse'' (''The Planless'')

Among his most popular comedies are: