These eight comedies comprise the most extensive collection of Ludvig Holberg plays ever offered in the English language.

The translators general introductions establish a cultural context for the comedies and break new ground in understanding the importance of Holberg s comic aesthetic. Argetsinger s extensive experience in theatre and Rossel s preeminence as a Scandinavian Studies scholar assure that the translations are not only accurate but stage-worthy.

The collection opens with The Political Tinker, the first Danish play to be produced in the new Danish Theatre,...