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An Enemy of the People

7.019801h 25mMovieDrama

Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stockman, whose single voice of reason is drowned out by those with paranoid and ulterior…

DirectorGareth Davies
WritersMaggie Allen·Henrik Ibsen

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Cast · Directed by Gareth Davies

RURobert Urquhart
Robert Urquhart
Tom Stockman
MSMichael Sheard
Michael Sheard
The Provost
EM
Edith MacArthur
Katherine Stockman
MRMaurice Roëves
Maurice Roëves
Carmichael
JBJohn Breslin
John Breslin
Houston
RMRoddy McMillan
Roddy McMillan
Geikie
RBRoy Boyd
Roy Boyd
Captain McCallum
EMElizabeth Millbank
Elizabeth Millbank
Peggy Stockman
MKMoultrie Kelsall
Moultrie Kelsall
Sir Archie
JCJameson Clark
Jameson Clark
Willie
MD
Marjorie Dalziel
Mrs Mackintosh
FBFreddie Boardley
Freddie Boardley
Heckler

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