''Gert Westphaler or The Loquacious Barber'' () is a satirical play written by the Norwegian-Danish playwright

Ludvig Holberg Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Denmark–Norway, Dano–Norwegian dual monarchy. He was infl ...

. It premiered in five sets at the

Lille Grønnegade Theatre Lille Grønnegade Theatre was a Danish theatre which was active from 1722 to 1728. It was the first public theatre in Copenhagen in Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most pop ...

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on 28 October 1722 but Holberg later adapted it into a one- set version.

Reception

Holberg comments on the reception of the play in his first Latin-language memoir from 1728: ''The Loquacious Barber'' displeased almost all spectators in the audience to such an extent that quite a few left before it ended, some discretely and secretly, others openly and bluntly. I had expected something else, having always loved this eye-nest of mine among my comedies.

Adaptions

DR has produced a "made for television version" of the play that was first broadcast on 29 March 1976. It was directed by Hans Rosenquist and was starring Stig Hoffmeyer, Ruth Brejnholm, Lisbet Lipschitz and Ejnar Hans Jensen.

English translations

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References

External links

Gert Westphaler
Norwegian satirical plays Norwegian comedy plays Danish satirical plays Danish comedy plays Plays by Ludvig Holberg 1722 plays {{1720s-play-stub