All Formats & Editions

Widely regarded as one of the foremost dramatists of the nineteenth century, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) brought the social problems and ideas of his day to center stage. Creating realistic plays of psychological conflict that emphasized character over cunning... Read Full Overview

Amy Herzog's streamlined adaptation of the Ibsen classic is a vibrant and compelling theatrical experience. A small-town doctor considers himself a proud, upstanding member of his close-knit community. When he discovers a catastrophe that risks the lives of everyone in town,... Read Full Overview

Dr. Thomas Stockmann's personal and professional life is attacked after he declares a town's water supply is contaminated, which threatens the success of their economy. Ibsen tackles the corruption of local politicians, and their effect on the people.

After thorough... Read Full Overview

Environmentalist, activist, and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. contributes a foreword to this Skyhorse edition of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's renowned 1882 play, An Enemy of the People.

Nicholas Rudall, whose acclaimed translations of Ibsen and the Greek classic playwrights have brought a fresh perspective to the American theater, turns his talents to one of the Norwegian dramatist's most provocative plays. In a rebuke to the Victorian notion of community as... Read Full Overview

Are you ready to stand up for truth? And what is truth?This 1882 play by Henrik Ibsen about a local dispute in a provincial town in Norway is fast becoming the manifesto of people protesting against misgovernment and opaque administrations the world over.

La obra empieza redactando que Tomas Stockmann es padre de una familia en una peque?a ciudad de Noruega y medico del balneario que es la principal atracci?n tur?stica y motor de la econom?a local. El Dr. Stockmann es una de esas personas que poseen firmes principios. A trav?s... Read Full Overview

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People in 1882 as a response to the public outrage over his play Ghosts. Part comedy, part serious drama, the play looks at Dr. Thomas Stockmann's struggle to uphold the truth in the face of intolerance and willful ignorance,... Read Full Overview

Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People is one of the defining dramas of public truth, civic pressure, and moral isolation. When Dr. Thomas Stockmann discovers that the celebrated baths on which his town's prosperity depends are dangerously contaminated, he... Read Full Overview

"You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone." -Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People is an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

Ibsen wrote it in response to the public... Read Full Overview

Despite the stupendous technological advances of recent years, this text by Ibsen shows us how we are still dealing with socio-economic problems incredibly similar to those of the industrial revolution.

"Happily the theory that culture demoralizes is only... Read Full Overview