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An Enemy of the People

Chapter 4: Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp
By Henrik Ibsen
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Dr. Thomas Stockmann, the medical officer responsible for the municipal baths, discovers that the baths are dangerously contaminated and seeks to expose the hazard. His effort collides with his brother, town officials, the local press, and many citizens who prioritize the town's reputation and economic interests, producing public hostility and his social isolation. The play probes the clash between scientific truth and communal self-interest, the fragility of democratic processes under majority pressure and vested interests, and the personal costs of standing for moral and intellectual integrity.

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Title: An Enemy of the People

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Translator: R. Farquharson Sharp

Release date: December 1, 2000 [eBook #2446]
Most recently updated: January 1, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Martin Adamson. HTML version by Al Haines.

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AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

A play in five acts

by

Henrik Ibsen

Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp

Contents

ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Dr. Thomas Stockmann, Medical Officer of the Municipal Baths.
Mrs. Stockmann, his wife.
Petra (their daughter) a teacher.
Ejlif & Morten (their sons, aged 13 and 10 respectively).
Peter Stockmann (the Doctor's elder brother), Mayor of the
Town and Chief Constable, Chairman of the Baths' Committee, etc.
Morten Kiil, a tanner (Mrs. Stockmann's adoptive father).
Hovstad, editor of the "People's Messenger."
Billing, sub-editor.
Captain Horster.
Aslaksen, a printer.

Men of various conditions and occupations, a few women, and a troop of schoolboys—the audience at a public meeting.

The action takes place in a coastal town in southern Norway,

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE