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The Caltech Playreaders 2017-2018: The 67th Season
All of our readings will be held at 7:30 pm at the Caltech Athenaeum in the Hall of Associates. |
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017An Enemy of the People by Henrik IbsenDirected by John Davidson
A Note from the DirectorDo you believe in science? Of course! What thinking person does not? But suppose science threatened to overturn all you ever worked for and achieved, raise your taxes, and leave you unemployed? What would you think then? In tonight's play, the good citizens of Christiana Springs are faced with exactly this quandary. Henrik Johan Ibsen (1828-1906) was a major playwright, poet, and theater director of the nineteenth century. He is one of the founders of modernism in theater and is often referred to as the "father of realism." His notable works include Peer Gynt (1867), A Doll's House (1879), Ghosts (1881), and Hedda Gabler (1890) The setting: It is springtime in Christiana Springs, a coastal town in southern Norway. The year is about 1880.
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