First performance 1722 Genre Comedy | Playwright Ludvig Holberg | |
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Adaptations Jeppe på bjerget (1981), Jeppe på berget (1995) Similar Erasmus Montanus, Den vægelsindede, The Wild Duck, A Doll's House, Ghosts | ||
Jeppe p bjerget opplysningstiden
Jeppe på bjerget (English: Jeppe on the mountain) is a comedy by Ludvig Holberg from 1722. It has a special status in Danish theater. Playing Jeppe has a similar status to playing Hamlet in English theater.
Contents
The best known part is Jeppe's great soliloquy "Everybody says that Jeppe drinks, but nobody asks why Jeppe drinks", where the protagonist rationalizes his alcohol abuse as a sensible reaction to his miserable life.
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References
Jeppe på bjerget Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA