Henrik Ibsen, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Power. Money. Morality. In a tight knit community a shocking discovery comes to light and threatens the lifeblood of the town. Truth and honour are pitched against wild ambition and corruption in Ibsen's emotional maelstrom. This is Rebecca Lenkiewicz's version of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London in April 2008.
At age 23, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) became theatre director and resident playwright of the new National Theatre at Bergen, charged with creating a national drama. He directed the Norwegian Theatre in Kristiana from 1857 to 1863, when the theatre went bankrupt. He then set off ...