Henrik Ibsen

When Dr Stockmann makes a disturbing discovery about the healing waters in his local baths, he holds the future of the whole town in his hands. But doubt spreads faster than disease, and those with everything to lose refuse to accept his word. Soon, a battle is raging – and it goes far beyond contaminated water… Ibsen's provocative play about truth in a society driven by power and money is given a startling contemporary spin in Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer's acclaimed version, which premiered at the Avignon Festival followed by the Schaubühne in Berlin in 2012. It has since toured to more than thirty cities around the world. This edition of An Enemy of the People was published alongside the first English-language production, in a version by Duncan Macmillan. It opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2024, starring Matt Smith and Jessica Brown Findlay. Thomas Ostermeier is a German theatre director, acclaimed for his innovative and often iconoclastic productions of classic and contemporary plays. He is the Artistic Director of the Schaubühne. 'Thrilling… Ibsen's drama scales new heights of excitement and fascination' Guardian 'Ostermeier is the most important theater director of his generation' New Republic

This edition of one of the Western canon's most iconic plays brings back into print the pivotal 1890 translation by William Archer. It was this translation that was largely responsible for the huge impact that A Doll's House had in the English-speaking world, igniting as it did, in the words of one critic, 'a firestorm of critical debate and dissent' about marriage and women's rights. Accompanying the comprehensively annotated text of the play is a substantial introduction that combines critical analysis with biographical and historical context. An extensive series of appendices provides extracts from contemporary adaptations of A Doll's House; writings by William Archer and Bernard Shaw about the play; reviews of early productions in London, New York, Montreal, and Sydney; contemporary documents relating to Ibsen and feminism; and views of actresses on playing the role of Nora.

P'jesa "Per Gint" bagatogranna, gliboka j aktualna. A napisano zh jiji 1867 roku! U nij je vse: kokhannja, zrada, mrijannja, zitknennja z realijami zhittja, politika, romantika, priroda, bunt, grikhi, vira, muki, metannja, muzika toscho. U p'jesi duzhe neprosto zrozumiti: de realnist, a de vigadka, adzhe golovnij geroj litaje visoko v khmarakh chastishe, nizh stojit na zemli. Mrija pro tsarjuvannja ta bagatstvo kliche jogo v dorogu. Krajini, zustrichi, zleti j padinnja... Prominut dovgi roki, persh nizh geroj povernetsja dodomu. Prote golovne ne v tomu, chi vigadani istoti, jakikh zustrichaje vin na svojemu zhittjevomu shljakhu, i chi realni podiji, scho vidbuvajutsja. Golovne - dilema: za jakim devizom potribno zhiti - "Upivatisja soboju!" chi "Soboju buti!" Tse filosofska pritcha pro ljudinu, jaka vse zhittja prozhila marno, buv "ni grishnikom, i ne pravednikom", i tilki pid kinets svogo shljakhu vin rozumije tsju pravdu. Perekladach Irina Steshenko

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.