The Hourglass Readers will present a staged reading of Henrik Ibsen’s play “An Enemy of the People” at the Hancock Town Library on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.
The play addresses social issues that are very timely in this election season. Moral dilemmas, whistle-blowing, professional responsibilities — this 1882 play by Ibsen is as relevant today as it was more than 100 years ago.
Ibsen (1828-1906) was an iconoclast who attacked social conventions that he found outdated and unsuited to modern democratic ideals. He was very controversial in his day, but has since been recognized as one of our greatest dramatists and is considered the father of realism.
Shaw, Wilde, Joyce, O’Neill and Arthur Miller, among others, were greatly influenced by him.
This performance is free and open to all.