num_pages: 164
description: In An Enemy of the People, Ibsen places his main characters, Dr. Thomas Stockman, in the role of an enlightened and persecuted minority of one confronting an ignorant, powerful majority. When the physician learns that the famous and financially successful baths in his hometown are contaminated, he insists they be shut down for expensive repairs. For his honesty, he is persecuted, ridiculed, and declared an "enemy of the people" by the townspeople, included some who have been his closest allies.First staged in 1883, An Enemy of the People remains one of the most frequently performed plays by a writer considered by many the "father of modern drama."
language: English
title: An Enemy of the People
titlecomplete: An Enemy of the People
characters: Thomas Stockmann
genres: Theatre, Drama, Classics, Plays, School, Literature, 19th Century, Scandinavian Literature, Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 13302
places: Norway
publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society