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    An Enemy of the People
    An Enemy of the People
    An Enemy of the People
    Audiobook2 hours

    An Enemy of the People

    Written by Henrik Ibsen

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    A small coastal town in Norway is experiencing an economic boom from its newly found hot springs. When Dr. Thomas Stockmann finds that the waters are contaminated and dangerous, the people refuse to accept his statement, and Dr. Stockmann's friends turn against him. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

    Cast:
    Dr. Thomas Stockmann: Bob Neufeld
    Mrs. Stockmann/First Citizen: Elizabeth Klett
    Petra: Amanda Friday
    Ejlif/Fourth Citizen: Charlotte Duckett
    Morten: laurenburwell
    Peter Stockmann: Algy Pug
    Morten Kiil: Nathaniel W.C. Higgins
    Hovstad/Narrator: Libby Gohn
    Billings: Kevin W. Davidson
    Captain Horster/A Drunken Man: David Olson
    Aslaksen: Arielle Lipshaw
    Second Citizen: Lynne Thompson
    Third Citizen: Tricia G

    Audio edited by Libby Gohn

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Author

    Henrik Ibsen

    Born in 1828, Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and poet, often associated with the early Modernist movement in theatre. Determined to become a playwright from a young age, Ibsen began writing while working as an apprentice pharmacist to help support his family. Though his early plays were largely unsuccessful, Ibsen was able to take employment at a theatre where he worked as a writer, director, and producer. Ibsen’s first success came with Brand and Peter Gynt, and with later plays like A Doll’s House, Ghosts, and The Master Builder he became one of the most performed playwrights in the world, second only to William Shakespeare. Ibsen died in his home in Norway in 1906 at the age of 78.

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    • 4/5
      Great cast! This is a difficult read in the wake of COVID, and it's hard not to think about it. It's fascinating how differently the term "liberal" is used here than today, especially regarding science and environmentalism. I was bothered that the whistleblower character is so insufferable and has a troubling Eugenics-themed speech in the fourth act, but Ibsen definitely keeps it spicy. A 100+ year old play that's still relevant.
    • 5/5
      This play is a perfect parable for our current corruption in the medical industry and the cowardice of the media, the businesses, the hoi polloi, etc. One lone doctor speaks out, but nobody else will speak of the tannery poison that will kill them all with early, horrible deaths. As a result they take away his practice like they recently took that of a few brave doctors and Giuliani’s law license. The lone doctor argues, “The liberals are the most insidious enemies of freedom,” and “the whole of our life derives its substance from a lie.” He concluded that “the majority are always stupid” and only a few, rare, brilliant individuals ever speak out: Dr. Peter McCullogh, Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Luc Montagnier, et al., as recent stellar examples.