Jeppe is a man utterly devoid of control over his own life; he's a tenant farmer, beaten and cheated on by his wife, Nille. Additionally, Jeppe bears the scars of a decade in military service. His only escape is to drown his sorrows in alcohol at Jacob Shoemaker’s inn. When the baron and his servants find the drunken Jeppe on the dungheap and, as a practical joke, elevate him to king-for-a-day, he, as the 'baron,' assumes power and becomes surprisingly tyrannical before being drunkenly thrown back onto the dungheap. His punishment is an even more malicious jest, as Jeppe is mockingly sentenced to death and hanged, only to return home for one final humiliation.

Jeppe On The Hill

The Royal Playhouse and The Old Stage

Within the Walls is the story of what it means to belong and to be forced to surrender everything that binds one’s world together.

Zaki Nobel

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14 - 28 Jan, 2026

Within the Walls · Det Kongelige Teater

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Jan 20 - Feb 23, 2025

Jeppe On The Hill · Det Kongelige Teater

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