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...

An academic satirist and reformer in the spirit of the Enlightenment 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...

Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) is to the Danish stage what Shakespeare, Molière and Strindberg are to their national stages - and the world. In his day, Holberg was part of the European literary canon; in the Nordic region, his work forms...