''Gert Westphaler or The Loquacious Barber'' ( da, Mester Gert Westphaler eller Dend meget talende Barbeer) is a satirical play written by the Norwegian-Danish playwright

Ludvig Holberg Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. He was influenced by Humanism, ...

. It premiered in five sets at the

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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.

Adaptions

DR has produced a "made for television version" of the play that was first broadcast on 29 March 1976. It was directed by

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and was starring Stig Hoffmeyer, Ruth Brejnholm, Lisbet Lipschitz]and Ejnar Hans Jensen.

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