 Namhaid Don Phobal (En folkefiende/ An Enemy of the People), by Henrik Ibsen
Namhaid don Phobal,
the Irish-language version of ʻAn Enemy of the People' (translated by Gearoid O Lochlainn) was last performed in An Taidhbhearc, the Irish-language National Theatre, in Galway in 1948. Despite the fact that the play has not been performed in Ireland since then, the translation, and the play itself, has a strong resonance in today's
Ireland.
Namhaid Don Phobal tells the story of two brothers whose sibling rivalry takes on a serious aspect when one brother discovers that the town's water supply is polluted, a revelation that could damage the livelihood of the town.
A timely and powerful examination of the consequences of an individual's decision to follow his own principles in the face of society's opposition, Ibsen expertly puts this conflict in the context of the personal power-play between the brothers.
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