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Gert Westphaler
Gert Westphaler poster, the olfest Holberg poster for a Holberg play that has been preserved
Written byLudvig Holberg
Date premiered1722
Place premieredLille Grønnegade Theatre,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Original languageDanish
GenreComedy
SettingDenmark

Gert Westphaler or The Loquacious Barber (Danish: Mester Gert Westphaler eller Dend meget talende Barbeer) is a satirical play written by the Norwegian-Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg. It premiered in five sets at the Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen 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. [1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Mester Gert Westphaler". saxo.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Gert Westphaler og den meget talende barber". carlthdreyer.dk (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 March 2018.

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