<p>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 the backdrop to writers such as Søren Kierkegaard, Hans Christian Andersen, Henrik Ibsen and Karen Blixen.<br><br>The quality of Holberg's writing, the universality of his themes, his understanding of stage and a...