Two books in one! From Richard Nelson's note:
Included here are two versions of Henrik Ibsen’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, a translation and an adaptation.
One is a translation of the play, based upon literal translations by E Marx-Aveling (1893), who was Karl Marx’ daughter, and R. Farquharson Sharp (1911).
The other is the same in all respects except for ACT FOUR, the famous town meeting scene. For the reasons I explain in my note to this revised act, I have eliminated the crowd, and reset the scene in an anteroom off of the main hall where the meeting takes place. Though I have strong artistic reasons for this adapted act, it also has an added benefit: it makes the required cast size much smaller.
This second version or adaptation requires 7 men, 2 women, and 2 children; making what is often perceived to be a large cast-public play, the domestic drama, I believe, it always was meant to be.
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