Johan Herman Wessel

He lived most of his somewhat bohemian life in Copenhagen, dependent on casual work and weakened by bad health and drinking.

Johan Herman Wessel died at age 43 in Copenhagen and was buried in the cemetery of Trinitatis Church.

In Herremanden ("The Squire") a man coming to Hell makes unpleasant discoveries of the origin of his own son while Hundemordet ("The Dog Murder") tells about wrangle about trivial things.

His satirical play Kierlighed uden Strømper ( Love without Stockings, 1772—with epilogue, 1774) is a generic parody of neoclassical tragedy; it takes place in a daily milieu of banal conflicts but observes the formal rules of "heroic language".

[4] The main characters, Leander and Julie, are moved by a fairy[5] to a future (AD 7603) in which gender roles have been switched and only women are allowed to fight in the military.