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An Enemy of the People
Opens: 11/02/2010 Closes: 20/03/2010
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Christopher Hampton's adaptation of the iconic Ibsen play finds its way to the recently refurbished Crucible Theatre. It is overseen by artistic director Daniel Evans and Sir Anthony Sher takes on the role of Tomas Stockmann, the doctor who threatens to reveal his town's poisonous secret.
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The Times“A harsher, more unsettling Enemy of the People than I’ve yet seen...” This Stockmann ends up mottled, stricken, half-mad and dangerous to himself, his family and everyone else, but also morally in the right. In itself that makes Evans’s revival fascinating...
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The Stage“Crucible is once again in safe hands...” Both avuncular and comic, Antony Sher finds a vital strain of humour that he never loses sight of, even as the piece gathers momentum...
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The Independent“Theatregoers and snooker fans will applaud the reopening of the Crucible...” Evans succeeds in bringing out a surprising amount of humour while balancing the public and the private aspects of a play that puzzles and perplexes...
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Whatsonstage.com“Whirl of action...” In An Enemy of the People, a weighty member of Ibsen’s realistic social plays, some might deem the point too heavily hammered home. But the great verve of Evans’ direction ensures the action never gets bogged down...
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Guardian“Vigorous and bracing...” It's a sparky revival that, for all the vehemence of its attacks on the will of the people, seemed to go down well with a gratefully packed Sheffield house...
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The Telegraph“Thrilling production of one of Ibsen’s greatest plays... ” What’s particularly fine about the play is that it offers the audience no comfortable hiding place. Many might see the play now as an eerily precient parable about those who deny the terrible consequences of global warming...
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