Bent Holm: 2 books
The Taming of the Turk
Ottomans on the Danish Stage 1596-1896
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
For centuries the figure of ‘the Turk’ spread fascination and fear - in the theatre of war and on the theatrical stage. On the one hand, ‘the Turk’ represented a spectacular dimension, an imaginary world of pirates, sultans and odalisques; on the other hand, he stood for the actual Ottoman...
Ludvig Holberg, a Danish Playwright on the European Stage
Masquerade, Comedy, Satire
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2018
Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) is the founding father of the art of theatre in the Nordic countries. He was a satirist - and university professor - who took his main inspirations from the comedies of Moliere and from the commedia dell'arte to create a number of plays that mirrored contemporary costums...