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List of Holberg's plays in English translation

December 03, 2023

Ludvig Holberg, the "Molière of the North",[1][2] wrote 33 Danish comedies between 1722 and 1753 — 15 of them ("the foundation for the entire Danish theatre"[3]) in a span of less than 18 months in 1722 and early 1723.[3]

Ludvig Holberg

In his long career, nominally in education, Holberg produced works in philosophy, law, finance, and history; essays, satirical verse, biographies, memoirs, and an early science fiction utopia.[4] However, his comedies have brought him the widest and most lasting acclaim.[5][1][6] Despite this, no English translations of Holberg's comedies were made during his lifetime, and only 4 in the 19th century. In the 20th century many translations appeared (including 14 published by The American-Scandinavian Foundation). Now at least 39 English translations are available representing 20 of Holberg's 33 comedies. Jeppe on the Hill — his "most popular and most discussed play"[7] — is also the most frequently translated, followed by Erasmus Montanus.

Translations edit

Key edit

  • Danish Title — The original play that serves as the basis of the English text.
  • English Title — The title of the English text, as it appears in the given translation. Because one Danish title may be published under various English titles, sorting by this column is not a reliable way to group all translations of a particular original together; to do so, sort on Danish Title.
  • Year — The year of the translation's first publication. Some translations may have been written or produced earlier than this date, and some have been republished subsequently, but this is not noted here.
  • Publication — The publication in which the translation first appeared. These short titles are linked to their full bibliographic entries.

Table edit

Danish Title English Title Year Translator Publication Notes
Mester Gert Westphaler The Babbling Barber 1827 M. Corbett The Odd Volume 1 act; reduced by Holberg himself from its original 5 acts.
Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus 1871 Peter Toft Fraser's Magazine 5 acts.
Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus, or Rasmus Berg 1885 T. Weber Erasmus Montanus, or Rasmus Berg 5 acts.
Den Politiske Kandestøber The Blue-apron Statesman 1885 T. Weber The Blue-apron Statesman 5 acts.
Jeppe på bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe on the Hill, or The Transformed Peasant 1906 Waldemar Westergaard & Martin B. Ruud Jeppe of the Hill 5 acts.
Den Stundesløse Scatterbrains 1912 H. W. L. Hime Three Comedies 3 acts.
Diderich Menschenskraek Captain Bombastes Thunderton 1912 H. W. L. Hime Three Comedies 1 act. Translated as 3 acts.
Henrich og Pernille Henry and Pernilla 1912 H. W. L. Hime Three Comedies 3 acts.
Den Politiske Kandestøber The Political Tinker 1914 Oscar James Campbell & Frederick Schenck Comedies 5 acts.
Jeppe på bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill 1914 Oscar James Campbell & Frederick Schenck Comedies 5 acts.
Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus 1914 Oscar James Campbell & Frederick Schenck Comedies 5 acts.
Jeppe på bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill 1933 M. Jagendorf World Drama 5 acts.
Den vægelsindede The Weathercock 1946 Henry Alexander Four Plays 3 acts.
Den Stundesløse The Fussy Man 1946 Henry Alexander Four Plays 3 acts.
Mascarade Masquerades 1946 Henry Alexander Four Plays 3 acts.
De Usynlige The Masked Ladies 1946 Henry Alexander Four Plays 3 acts.
Mester Gert Westphaler The Talkative Barber 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One-act Plays 1 act; reduced by Holberg himself from its original 5 acts.
Det Arabiske Pulver The Arabian Powder 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One-act Plays 1 act.
Julestuen The Christmas Party 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One-act Plays 1 act.
Diderich Menschenskraek Diderich the Terrible 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One-act Plays 1 act.
Den pantsatte Bondedreng The Peasant in Pawn 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One-act Plays 3 acts. Translated as 1 act.
Den Forvandlede Brudgom The Changed Bridegroom 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One-act Plays 1 act.
Sganarels Rejse til det philosophiske Land Sganarel's Journey to the Land of the Philosophers 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One-act Plays 1 act.
Jeppe på bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde The Transformed Peasant 1957 Reginald Spink Three Comedies 5 acts. Translated as 3 acts.
Det Arabiske Pulver The Arabian Powder 1957 Reginald Spink Three Comedies 1 act.
Kildereisen The Healing Spring 1957 Reginald Spink Three Comedies 3 acts. Translated as a prologue & 1 act.
Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus 1989 Petter Næss Erasmus Montanus 5 acts.
Den Politiske Kandestøber The Political Tinker 1990 Gerald S. Argetsinger & Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts.
Jean de France eller Hans Frandsen Jean de France; or, Hans Frandsen 1990 Gerald S. Argetsinger & Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts.
Jeppe på bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill; or, The Transformed Peasant 1990 Gerald S. Argetsinger & Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts.
Ulysses von Ithacia Ulysses von Ithacia; or, A German Comdey 1990 Gerald S. Argetsinger & Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts.
Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus; or, Rasmus Berg 1990 Gerald S. Argetsinger & Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts.
Julestuen The Christmas Party 1990 Gerald S. Argetsinger & Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 1 act.
Pernilles korte Frøkenstand Pernille's Brief Experience as a Lady 1990 Gerald S. Argetsinger & Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 3 acts.
Den Danske Comoedies Liigbegængelse The Burial of Danish Comedy, with Thalia's Farewell Speech 1990 Gerald S. Argetsinger & Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 1 act.
Jeppe på bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill 1999 Michael Leverson Meyer Three Danish Comedies 5 acts.
Den Stundesløse The Scatterbrain 1999 Michael Leverson Meyer Three Danish Comedies 3 acts.
Jeppe på bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill 2020 Bent Holm & Gaye Kynoch Plays: 1 5 acts.
Ulysses von Ithacia Ulysses von Ithacia 2020 Bent Holm & Gaye Kynoch Plays: 1 5 acts.
Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus 2022 Bent Holm & Gaye Kynoch Plays: 2 5 acts.
Hekseri eller Blind alarm Witchcraft, or False Alarm 2022 Bent Holm & Gaye Kynoch Plays: 2 5 acts.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Argetsinger 1983, p. 4.
  2. ^ Holberg 1957, p. 1.
  3. ^ a b Holberg 1990, p. xxv.
  4. ^ Campbell 1914, p. 4.
  5. ^ Vinje 2017, p. 227.
  6. ^ Campbell 1914, p. 3.
  7. ^ Holm 2017, p. 145.

English translations edit

Drama collections edit

  • Three Comedies. Translated by Hime, H(enry) W(illiam) L(ovett). London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1912. OCLC 6079882.
  • Comedies by Holberg: Jeppe of the hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus. Translated by Campbell, Oscar James; Schenck, Frederick. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. 1914. OCLC 477029781.
  • Four Plays by Holberg. Translated by Alexander, Henry. Princeton University Press for the American-Scandinavian Foundation. 1946. OCLC 1381528.
  • Seven One-act Plays. Translated by Alexander, Henry. Princeton University Press for the American-Scandinavian Foundation. 1950. OCLC 1612009.
  • Three Comedies: The Transformed Peasant, The Arabian Powder, The Healing Spring. Translated by Spink, Reginald. London: William Heinemann. 1957. OCLC 1153458237.
  • Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies. Translated by Argetsinger, Gerald S.; Rossel, Sven Hakon. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-8093-1480-5. OCLC 1156867790.
  • Three Danish Comedies. Translated by Meyer, Michael Leverson. London: Oberon Books. 1999. ISBN 9781840020601. OCLC 1098665264.
  • Ludvig Holberg Plays. Volume I: Just Justesen's reflections on theatre, Jeppe of the hill, Ulysses von Ithacia. Translated by Holm, Bent; Kynoch, Gaye. Hollitzer. 2020. ISBN 9783990125953. OCLC 1155694802.
  • Ludvig Holberg Plays. Volume II: Zille Hans-daughter's Gynaicologia, or Defence of Womankind; Erasmus Montanus; Witchcraft, or False Alarm. Translated by Holm, Bent; Kynoch, Gaye. Vienna: Hollitzer. 2022. ISBN 978-3990940334. OCLC 1355219148.

Individual dramas edit

  • "The Babbling Barber: A Comedy in One Act". The Odd Volume: Second Series. Translated by Corbett, M. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1827. pp. 291–348. OCLC 11855940.
  • Translated by Toft, Peter. "Erasmus Montanus: An Old Danish Comedy". Fraser's Magazine. Longmans, Green, and Company. 84: 69–96. 1871.
  • Erasmus Montanus, or Rasmus Berg. Translated by Weber, T. Copenhagen: T. Weber's Academy. 1885a. OCLC 80046396.
  • The Blue-apron Statesman. Translated by Weber, T. Copenhagen: E. Flensborg. 1885b. OCLC 19690501.
  • Jeppe on the Hill; or, The Transformed Peasant; a comedy in five acts. Translated by Westergaard, Waldemar; Ruud, Martin B(ronn). Grand Forks, ND: The Evening Times Company. 1906.
  • Clark, Barrett, ed. (1933). "Jeppe of the Hill". World Drama: Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, Russia, and Norway. Translated by Jagendorf, M. Dover. pp. 588–607. OCLC 26335417.
  • Erasmus Montanus. Translated by Næss, Petter. Madison, WI: Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin. 1989. OCLC 20943193.

Other works edit

  • A Journey to the World Under-ground. London: T. Astley. 1742. OCLC 3221932.
  • Memoirs of Lewis Holberg. London: Hunt and Clarke. 1827. OCLC 561141606.
  • Peder Paars. A verse translation of the original poem. Translated by Stromsoe, Bergliot. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1962. OCLC 644657.

References edit

  • Argetsinger, Gerald S. (1983). Ludvig Holberg's Comedies. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-1058-6. OCLC 8431297.
  • Campbell, Oscar James (1914). The Comedies of Holberg. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 2901424.
  • Holm, Bent (2017). "Holberg's comedies: intentions and inspirations". In Haakonssen, Knud; Olden-Jorgensen, Sebastian (eds.). Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754): Learning and Literature in the Nordic Enlightenment. London: Routledge. pp. 135–156. ISBN 9-781472-450708.
  • Vinje, Eiliv (2017). "Writings by Holberg in English". In Haakonssen, Knud; Olden-Jorgensen, Sebastian (eds.). Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754): Learning and Literature in the Nordic Enlightenment. London: Routledge. pp. 219–232. ISBN 9-781472-450708.

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Ludvig Holberg the Moliere of the North 1 2 wrote 33 Danish comedies between 1722 and 1753 15 of them the foundation for the entire Danish theatre 3 in a span of less than 18 months in 1722 and early 1723 3 Ludvig HolbergIn his long career nominally in education Holberg produced works in philosophy law finance and history essays satirical verse biographies memoirs and an early science fiction utopia 4 However his comedies have brought him the widest and most lasting acclaim 5 1 6 Despite this no English translations of Holberg s comedies were made during his lifetime and only 4 in the 19th century In the 20th century many translations appeared including 14 published by The American Scandinavian Foundation Now at least 39 English translations are available representing 20 of Holberg s 33 comedies Jeppe on the Hill his most popular and most discussed play 7 is also the most frequently translated followed by Erasmus Montanus Contents 1 Translations 1 1 Key 1 2 Table 2 Notes 3 English translations 3 1 Drama collections 3 2 Individual dramas 3 3 Other works 4 ReferencesTranslations editKey edit Danish Title The original play that serves as the basis of the English text English Title The title of the English text as it appears in the given translation Because one Danish title may be published under various English titles sorting by this column is not a reliable way to group all translations of a particular original together to do so sort on Danish Title Year The year of the translation s first publication Some translations may have been written or produced earlier than this date and some have been republished subsequently but this is not noted here Publication The publication in which the translation first appeared These short titles are linked to their full bibliographic entries Table edit Danish Title English Title Year Translator Publication NotesMester Gert Westphaler The Babbling Barber 1827 M Corbett The Odd Volume 1 act reduced by Holberg himself from its original 5 acts Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus 1871 Peter Toft Fraser s Magazine 5 acts Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus or Rasmus Berg 1885 T Weber Erasmus Montanus or Rasmus Berg 5 acts Den Politiske Kandestober The Blue apron Statesman 1885 T Weber The Blue apron Statesman 5 acts Jeppe pa bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe on the Hill or The Transformed Peasant 1906 Waldemar Westergaard amp Martin B Ruud Jeppe of the Hill 5 acts Den Stundeslose Scatterbrains 1912 H W L Hime Three Comedies 3 acts Diderich Menschenskraek Captain Bombastes Thunderton 1912 H W L Hime Three Comedies 1 act Translated as 3 acts Henrich og Pernille Henry and Pernilla 1912 H W L Hime Three Comedies 3 acts Den Politiske Kandestober The Political Tinker 1914 Oscar James Campbell amp Frederick Schenck Comedies 5 acts Jeppe pa bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill 1914 Oscar James Campbell amp Frederick Schenck Comedies 5 acts Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus 1914 Oscar James Campbell amp Frederick Schenck Comedies 5 acts Jeppe pa bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill 1933 M Jagendorf World Drama 5 acts Den vaegelsindede The Weathercock 1946 Henry Alexander Four Plays 3 acts Den Stundeslose The Fussy Man 1946 Henry Alexander Four Plays 3 acts Mascarade Masquerades 1946 Henry Alexander Four Plays 3 acts De Usynlige The Masked Ladies 1946 Henry Alexander Four Plays 3 acts Mester Gert Westphaler The Talkative Barber 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One act Plays 1 act reduced by Holberg himself from its original 5 acts Det Arabiske Pulver The Arabian Powder 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One act Plays 1 act Julestuen The Christmas Party 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One act Plays 1 act Diderich Menschenskraek Diderich the Terrible 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One act Plays 1 act Den pantsatte Bondedreng The Peasant in Pawn 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One act Plays 3 acts Translated as 1 act Den Forvandlede Brudgom The Changed Bridegroom 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One act Plays 1 act Sganarels Rejse til det philosophiske Land Sganarel s Journey to the Land of the Philosophers 1950 Henry Alexander Seven One act Plays 1 act Jeppe pa bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde The Transformed Peasant 1957 Reginald Spink Three Comedies 5 acts Translated as 3 acts Det Arabiske Pulver The Arabian Powder 1957 Reginald Spink Three Comedies 1 act Kildereisen The Healing Spring 1957 Reginald Spink Three Comedies 3 acts Translated as a prologue amp 1 act Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus 1989 Petter Naess Erasmus Montanus 5 acts Den Politiske Kandestober The Political Tinker 1990 Gerald S Argetsinger amp Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts Jean de France eller Hans Frandsen Jean de France or Hans Frandsen 1990 Gerald S Argetsinger amp Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts Jeppe pa bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill or The Transformed Peasant 1990 Gerald S Argetsinger amp Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts Ulysses von Ithacia Ulysses von Ithacia or A German Comdey 1990 Gerald S Argetsinger amp Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus or Rasmus Berg 1990 Gerald S Argetsinger amp Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 5 acts Julestuen The Christmas Party 1990 Gerald S Argetsinger amp Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 1 act Pernilles korte Frokenstand Pernille s Brief Experience as a Lady 1990 Gerald S Argetsinger amp Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 3 acts Den Danske Comoedies Liigbegaengelse The Burial of Danish Comedy with Thalia s Farewell Speech 1990 Gerald S Argetsinger amp Sven Hakon Rossel Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies 1 act Jeppe pa bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill 1999 Michael Leverson Meyer Three Danish Comedies 5 acts Den Stundeslose The Scatterbrain 1999 Michael Leverson Meyer Three Danish Comedies 3 acts Jeppe pa bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde Jeppe of the Hill 2020 Bent Holm amp Gaye Kynoch Plays 1 5 acts Ulysses von Ithacia Ulysses von Ithacia 2020 Bent Holm amp Gaye Kynoch Plays 1 5 acts Erasmus Montanus eller Rasmus Berg Erasmus Montanus 2022 Bent Holm amp Gaye Kynoch Plays 2 5 acts Hekseri eller Blind alarm Witchcraft or False Alarm 2022 Bent Holm amp Gaye Kynoch Plays 2 5 acts Notes edit a b Argetsinger 1983 p 4 Holberg 1957 p 1 a b Holberg 1990 p xxv Campbell 1914 p 4 Vinje 2017 p 227 Campbell 1914 p 3 Holm 2017 p 145 English translations editDrama collections edit Three Comedies Translated by Hime H enry W illiam L ovett London Longmans Green and Co 1912 OCLC 6079882 Comedies by Holberg Jeppe of the hill The Political Tinker Erasmus Montanus Translated by Campbell Oscar James Schenck Frederick New York The American Scandinavian Foundation 1914 OCLC 477029781 Four Plays by Holberg Translated by Alexander Henry Princeton University Press for the American Scandinavian Foundation 1946 OCLC 1381528 Seven One act Plays Translated by Alexander Henry Princeton University Press for the American Scandinavian Foundation 1950 OCLC 1612009 Three Comedies The Transformed Peasant The Arabian Powder The Healing Spring Translated by Spink Reginald London William Heinemann 1957 OCLC 1153458237 Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies Translated by Argetsinger Gerald S Rossel Sven Hakon Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press 1990 ISBN 978 0 8093 1480 5 OCLC 1156867790 Three Danish Comedies Translated by Meyer Michael Leverson London Oberon Books 1999 ISBN 9781840020601 OCLC 1098665264 Ludvig Holberg Plays Volume I Just Justesen s reflections on theatre Jeppe of the hill Ulysses von Ithacia Translated by Holm Bent Kynoch Gaye Hollitzer 2020 ISBN 9783990125953 OCLC 1155694802 Ludvig Holberg Plays Volume II Zille Hans daughter s Gynaicologia or Defence of Womankind Erasmus Montanus Witchcraft or False Alarm Translated by Holm Bent Kynoch Gaye Vienna Hollitzer 2022 ISBN 978 3990940334 OCLC 1355219148 Individual dramas edit The Babbling Barber A Comedy in One Act The Odd Volume Second Series Translated by Corbett M London Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1827 pp 291 348 OCLC 11855940 Translated by Toft Peter Erasmus Montanus An Old Danish Comedy Fraser s Magazine Longmans Green and Company 84 69 96 1871 Erasmus Montanus or Rasmus Berg Translated by Weber T Copenhagen T Weber s Academy 1885a OCLC 80046396 The Blue apron Statesman Translated by Weber T Copenhagen E Flensborg 1885b OCLC 19690501 Jeppe on the Hill or The Transformed Peasant a comedy in five acts Translated by Westergaard Waldemar Ruud Martin B ronn Grand Forks ND The Evening Times Company 1906 Clark Barrett ed 1933 Jeppe of the Hill World Drama Italy Spain France Germany Denmark Russia and Norway Translated by Jagendorf M Dover pp 588 607 OCLC 26335417 Erasmus Montanus Translated by Naess Petter Madison WI Dept of Scandinavian Studies University of Wisconsin 1989 OCLC 20943193 Other works edit A Journey to the World Under ground London T Astley 1742 OCLC 3221932 Memoirs of Lewis Holberg London Hunt and Clarke 1827 OCLC 561141606 Peder Paars A verse translation of the original poem Translated by Stromsoe Bergliot Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 1962 OCLC 644657 References editArgetsinger Gerald S 1983 Ludvig Holberg s Comedies Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press ISBN 978 0 8093 1058 6 OCLC 8431297 Campbell Oscar James 1914 The Comedies of Holberg Cambridge Harvard University Press OCLC 2901424 Holm Bent 2017 Holberg s comedies intentions and inspirations In Haakonssen Knud Olden Jorgensen Sebastian eds Ludvig Holberg 1684 1754 Learning and Literature in the Nordic Enlightenment London Routledge pp 135 156 ISBN 9 781472 450708 Vinje Eiliv 2017 Writings by Holberg in English In Haakonssen Knud Olden Jorgensen Sebastian eds Ludvig Holberg 1684 1754 Learning and Literature in the Nordic Enlightenment London Routledge pp 219 232 ISBN 9 781472 450708 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Holberg 27s plays in English translation amp oldid 1153463543, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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