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Johan Ludvig Heiberg

Johan Ludvig Heiberg

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Born December 14, 1791 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Died August 25, 1860

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Johan Ludvig Heiberg, (1791-1860) was a playwright, poet, literary historian, and critic whose romantic idealism in a sense epitomized the Danish Romantic school, which he helped bring to an end when he established a new era of topical, sophisticated, and satirical literature.

Heiberg was a central figure in Danish literature and criticism for many years. During this time he originated Danish vaudeville, a form of popular folk musical, in which critical and satirical verses were set to well-known melodies. Theoretically, he argued in Om Vaudevillen (1826; “About Vaudeville”), vaudeville as a genre was a synthesis of words and music that subsumed in its poetic realism both the lyrical and the epic and thus marked the highest form of comedy-drama. Besides his vaudeville pieces, Heiberg’s most frequently performed plays are Elverhøj (1828; “Elfinhill”) and En sjæl efter døden (1841; A Soul After Death), which was his greatest literary success.

Over the years Heiberg edited several influential periodicals, most notably Kjøbenhavns flyvende post (“Copenhagen’s Flying Mail”) from 1827 to 1828, again in 1830, and, under the name Interimsblade, from 1834 to 1837. In this journal he carried on many literary feuds but also featured many new talents, including Søren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian Andersen. Even such exponents of modern realism as Georg Brandes and Henrik Ibsen acknowledged debts of inspiration owed to Heiberg.

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Elverhøj Poster

Elverhøj TV Movie1996

Et eventyr i Rosenborg Have Poster

Et eventyr i Rosenborg Have TV Movie1987

Elverhøj Poster

Elverhøj TV Movie1978

Hvo der ville TV Movie1977

Aprilsnarrene Poster

Aprilsnarrene TV Movie1969

Elverhøj Feature Film1965

Recensenten og dyret Poster

Recensenten og dyret TV Movie1962

Farinelli Poster

Farinelli TV Movie1961

Nej TV Movie1959

Aprilsnarrene Poster

Aprilsnarrene TV Movie1958

Elverhøj Poster

Elverhøj TV Short1958

Nej TV Movie1956

De uadskillelige Poster

De uadskillelige TV Movie1955

Emilies hjertebanken Poster

Emilies hjertebanken TV Short1953

Nej TV Movie1953

Elverhøj Poster

Elverhøj Feature Film1939

Elverhøj Short Film1917

Elverhøj Poster

Elverhøj Short Film1910

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