The Political Tinker
Wilhelm Marstrand painting of the protagonist'sCollegium Politicum
Written by	Ludvig Holberg
Date premiered	25 September 1722
Place premiered	Lille Grønnegade Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Original language	Danish
Genre	Comedy
Setting	Hamburg

The Political Tinker (Danish: Den politiske kandestøber) is a five-set satirical play published by Norwegian-Danish playwrightLudvig Holberg in 1722.

It premiered atLille Grønnegade Theatre inCopenhagen on 25 September 1722. It premiere at theRoyal Danish Theatre was on 13 February 1750.^[1]

The play was his first comedy. The play theme is from recent political incidents inHamburg,Germany. Holberg ridicules the political involvement of a group of craftsmen. Some interpreters see a clearanti-democratic tendency in the play, but there is also ambiguity in the way the story of class conflicts and political rebellion is told.^[2]

• Holberg, Ludvig (1885b).The Blue-apron Statesman. Translated by Weber, T. Copenhagen: E. Flensborg.OCLC 19690501.
• —— (1914).Comedies by Holberg: Jeppe of the hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus. Translated by Campbell, Oscar James; Schenck, Frederick. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.OCLC 477029781.
• —— (1990).Jeppe of the Hill and Other Comedies. Translated by Argetsinger, Gerald S.; Rossel, Sven Hakon. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.ISBN 978-0-8093-1480-5.OCLC 1156867790.

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