• The Play Podcast - 077 - The Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen

  • Mar 7 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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The Play Podcast - 077 - The Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen

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  • Episode 077: An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

    Host: Douglas Schatz
    Guest: Kirsten Shepherd-Barr

    Welcome to The Play Podcast where we explore the greatest new and classic plays. Each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We’ll discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.

    Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People is a fable of truth and lies, politics and power, and the challenge and costs of pursuing an unpopular crusade to speak truth to power. It’s a story of ‘fake news’, manipulation of the media, the dangers of populism, and the environmental cost of capitalism. No wonder it strikes a chord in our time, for as we record this episode there are two major new productions of An Enemy of the People on the world stage.

    I’m delighted to welcome back to the podcast, Ibsen expert, Professor Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, who I was privileged to talk with in episode 74 on Ibsen’s play Ghosts.
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