<p>KynochLudvig Holberg (1684?1754) is to Danish theatre what Shakespeare, Molière and Strindberg are to their national stages ? and the world stage. During his lifetime, Holberg was a major figure in European literature and thought. In the Nordic region, his work forms the backdrop to writers such as Søren Kierkegaard, Hans Christian Andersen, Henrik Ibsen and Karen Blixen. The quality of Holberg's writings, the universality of his themes, his u...