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Abstract / Summary

When a small town relies on tourists flocking to its baths, will a report of dangerously polluted waters be enough to shut them down? Henrik Ibsen weighs the cost of public health versus a town’s livelihood in An Enemy of the People.Directed by Martin JarvisProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergRosalind Ayres as Catherine StockmanGregory Harrison as Peter StockmanRichard Kind as Dr. Thomas StockmanAlan Mandell as Morten KillAlan Shearman as Captain HorsterJon Matthews as BillingJosh Stamberg as HovstadEmily Swallow as PetraTom Virtue as AslaksenAdditional voices by Sam Boeck, William Hickman, Adam Mondschein, Julia Coulter, and Jeff Gardner.Includes an interview about the Deepwater Horizon, man-made environmental disasters, climate change, and the state of the world's water supply with Joel K. Bourne Jr., former senior environment writer for National Geographic.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in April of 2014.An Enemy of the People is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Adapted by

Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Field of Interest

Theatre

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2014 L.A. Theatre Works

Director

Martin Jarvis, 1941-

Content Type

Spoken word recording

Duration

1 hour 55 mins

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Audio

Sub Genre

Tragi-Comedy

Label

L.A. Theatre Works

Performer

Rosalind Ayres, 1946-, Gregory Harrison, 1950-, Richard Kind, 1965-, Alan Mandell, fl. 1974-2010, Alan Shearman, Jon Matthews, Josh Stamberg, 1970-, Emily Swallow, Tom Virtue, 1957-

Playwright

Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906

Producer

Susan Loewenberg

Publisher

L.A. Theatre Works

Place Published / Released

Los Angeles, CA

Date Recorded

2014-04-10

Release Date

2014

Setting

A small Norwegian town

Subject

Theatre, Drama, Music & Performing Arts, Literature & Language, European Theater, Comedy Drama, Teatro Europeu, Teatro Europeo, Comédia Dramática, Comedia Dramática, Dr. Thomas Stockmann, Peter Stockmann, Katherine Stockmann, Morten Kiil, Petra Stockmann, Captain Horster, Billing, Hovstad, Aslaksen

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Teatro Europeu, Teatro Europeo, Comédia Dramática, Comedia Dramática