Stockmann arrogant and Stockmann strident (Stockmann naive Guarantee that his causes will forever be lost. The doctor’s arroganceĪnd naivete, his stridency and inability to maintain a tactical silence They’ve got a valuable ally in Stockmann himself. Powers that be would rather shut down Stockmann. Stockmann starts crusading to get the baths shut down, cleaned up,Īnd rebuilt with safety in mind. If you were paying attention last week you know that EnemyĬoncerns a middle-aged Norwegian physician named Thomas Stockmann, whoĭiscovers that toxins from upstream factories have leached into the waterįeeding the mineral baths crucial to his hometown’s lucrative tourist Intentional by putting one of her characters in an (offstage) mounting of And the playwright lets us know the resemblance is But An Enemy of the People is down there beneath Her own trenchant uses-uses made vivid in Hallie Gordon‘s staging for The two years leading up to Barack Obama’s inauguration) and turned it to
Diamond’s latest, Smart People,ĭiamond has updated the material to the late aughts (specifically 2007-’09, It’s fostered in Chicago over the last few months. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & RecreationĪst week I opened a review by calling An Enemy of the People theĬurrent Ibsen of choice, given the number of productions and adaptations.Click here to join the Reader Membership Community today! Close
