History Theatre / JeppeFromTheHill

* CrapsackWorld: Where to begin? The baron actually plays his pranks out of boredom, and the serfs is far from well off under his rule.

''Jeppe from the Hill, or The Transformed Peasent'' (Jeppe paa Bjerget, eller Den forvandlede Bonde) is a Danish comedy from 1722 by the Danish-Norwegian author Creator/LudvigHolberg. Equal parts social commentary, psycological character study and zany farce it is one of the most popular and well-known plays in Denmark, along with ''Theatre/ErasmusMontanus'', another Holberg-comedy.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Jeppe can be interpreted as such, reminiscing his days in the army. Justified -- he was a soldier for TEN years and saw some actual carnage. He vividly remembers a Swedish attack, including the slaughter of several thousand men.

* YourCheatingHeart: Nille cheats on Jeppe with the Deacon.

* {{Jerkass}}: Jacob the cobbler, who sells Jeppe the brandy that sets off the action. Also some of the Baron´s men.

** One production had the baron`s men sitting on the side eating [[AnachronismStew actual popcorn]] during this part of the play.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Jeppe can be interpreted as such, reminiscing his days in the army. Justified - he was a soldier for TEN years and saw some actual carnage. He vividly remembers a Swedish attack, including the slaughter of several thousand men.
* SocietyIsToBlame: Both Nille and Jeppe opens the play with a good Lampshading on this. Nille doesn´t really wish to beat her husband, but is actually forced to by her superiors because he is a serf and has to pay his debts. Jeppe himself laments his social position more than once, and this is actually the reason behind his drinking problem. ''Everybody'' is on to him.

Here he is found by Nille, who is NOT happy that he has spent all the money and is not really inclined to believe him, when he claims that he has been in Paradise. But then a group of "policemen" (the entourage again, in disguises) appears and arrests him for impersonating the Baron. Jeppe is brought to "court", found guilty, and sentenced to death by poisoning (really a sleeping potion) and hanging.

* DomesticAbuser: Nille to Jeppe

* PassThePopcorn: The baron does his prank on Jeppe out of [[RichBoredom boredom]], and sits in through the whole thing. Jeppe actually sees this.

* TheAlcoholic: Jeppe is both the UrExample and the MostTriumphantExample in Danish literature.
* ArguingWithOneself: Jeppe has a long argument with himself about whether he should go to market or to Cobbler-Jakob. His head and his back says market, his stomach and his feet says Jakob. His feet wins.
* CharacterTitle

* ShellShockedVeteran: Jeppe can be interpreted as such, reminiscing his days in the army.

* PassThePopcorn: The baron does his prank on Jeppe out of boredom, and sits in through the whole thing. Jeppe actually sees this.
** One production had the baron`s men sitting on the side eating[[AnachronismStew actual popcorn]] during this part of the play.

** One production had the baron`s men sitting on the side [[AnachronismStew eating ''actual popcorn'' during this part of the play]].

* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Nille's thrashings of Jeppe are played for laughs.

* JerkassWoobie: It is hard not to feel sorry for Jeppe, but he IS a lazy, selfish and untrustworthy alcoholic - and he becomes really nasty when he is given a taste of power.

* MemeticMutation: The play has delivered a lot of Danish memes:
** "I feel like Jeppe in the Baron's bed" (a common saying when you feel well treated).
** "People say that Jeppe drink, but they don't say why Jeppe drink."
** "Am I dreaming, or am I awake?"
** "Another glass of Carnalje-Sæk!"

''Jeppe from the Hill, or The Transformed Peasent'' (Jeppe paa Bjerget, eller Den forvandlede Bonde) is a Danish comedy from 1722 by the danish-Norwegian author Creator/LudvigHolberg. Equal parts social commentary, psycological character study and zany farce it is one of the most popular and well-known plays in Denmark, along with ''Theatre/ErasmusMontanus'', another Holberg-comedy.