Description | The play takes place in a small town that has recently turned its fortunes around by building therapeutic hot spring that draw in tourists — but some of the tourists have become sick. Dr. Thomas Stockmann discovers the water is being contaminated by runoff from local factories, and the town council’s failure to place the pipes properly. When his brother, the mayor, discovers it will cost millions of dollars to fix it, he asks the doctor to retract his statement. When Stockmann refuses, the mayor turns the local newspaper and townspeople against him, labeling him an enemy of the people. |
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