{"product_id":"an-enemy-of-the-people-a-new-version-by-christopher-hampton-9780571194292","title":"An Enemy of the People: A New Version by Christopher Hampton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Enemy of the People \u003c\/i\u003econcerns the actions of Doctor Thomas Stockmann, a medical officer charged with inspecting the public baths on which the prosperity of his native town depends. He finds the water to be contaminated. When he refuses to be silenced, he is declared an enemy of the people. Stockmann served as a spokesman for Ibsen, who felt that his plays gave a true, if not always palatable, picture of life and that truth was more important than critical approbation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorwegian playwright \u003cb\u003eHenrik Ibsen \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1828. His plays include \u003ci\u003ePeer Gynt \u003c\/i\u003e(1867), \u003ci\u003eA Doll's House\u003c\/i\u003e (1879), \u003ci\u003e Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e (1881), \u003ci\u003eAn Enemy of the People\u003c\/i\u003e (1882), \u003ci\u003eHedda Gabler\u003c\/i\u003e (1890), and \u003ci\u003eThe Master Builder\u003c\/i\u003e (1892). He died in 1906. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hampton\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the Azores in 1946. He wrote his first play, \u003ci\u003eWhen Did You Last See My Mother?, \u003c\/i\u003eat the age of eighteen. His many works for the theatre, television and cinema include \u003ci\u003eThe Philanthropist, \u003c\/i\u003etranslations of Yasmina Reza's \u003ci\u003eArt, Life x 3, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Man\u003c\/i\u003e, his adaptation of \u003ci\u003eLes Liaisons Dangereuses \u003c\/i\u003eby Laclos, translations from Ibsen and Molière, and the screenplays \u003ci\u003eDangerous Liaisons, Carrington, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Agent.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412668846354,"sku":"9780571194292","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74addea7-2b5c-4068-924a-a72e33ed942d.jpg?v=1729321424","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-enemy-of-the-people-a-new-version-by-christopher-hampton-9780571194292","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}