Ludvig Holberg: PLAYS

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Bent Holm: Born in 1946. MA, Phil.Doc. Associate Professor, Theatre Studies, Institute for Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Research travels to Italy, France, and India. Dramaturg and translator of plays, especially by Dario Fo, De Filippo, and Goldoni. Doctoral dissertation about Comédie Italienne in a broad cultural/religious/iconographic context. Has published interdisciplinary studies on historical and dramaturgical issues in English, French, Polish, and Italian. Is for the moment preparing the English version of his book about eighteenth-century playwright Ludvig Holberg in a dramaturgical-historical perspective. Special research focuses are on relationships between visual arts and theatre; drama analysis and creative theatre production; theatricality and rituality. Lecturer at several international universities and research centres, most recently in Torino, Paris, Frankfurt, and Stockholm. Member of scientific committees and networks in Paris, Mantova, and Torino, among other cities. Publications include: "The Taming of the Turk: Ottomans on the Danish Stage 1596¿1896". Vienna: Hollitzer, 2014 (= Ottomania 2). Gaye Kynoch has a background in the integrated academic and practical study of drama, performance and theatre arts. She is a researcher and Danish-English literary translator of theatre plays, novels, books and essays on the arts.

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