An Enemy of the People

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play realist drama

An Enemy of the People is a realist drama by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen that explores the moral and political conflict that erupts when a doctor exposes pollution in his town’s lucrative spa baths.

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Label	Occurrences
An Enemy of the People canonical	8
An Enemy of the People (1978 film)	2
An Enemy of the People (1950 film)	1
An Enemy of the People (Italian TV)	1
An Enemy of the People (film)	1
An Enemy of the People (play adaptations in English)	1
An Enemy of the People (stage role)	1
Enemy of the People	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5169149 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: An Enemy of the People
Context triple: [Henrik Ibsen, notableWork, An Enemy of the People]

A. Miss Julie
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B. The Doll's House
The Doll's House is a major early story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman that explores themes of identity, dreams, and power through the introduction of key characters like Rose Walker and the Corinthian.
C. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that allegorically depicts Adolf Hitler’s rise to power through the story of a Chicago gangster.
D. The Devil and Daniel Webster
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E. The Good Person of Szechwan
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: An Enemy of the People
Target entity description: An Enemy of the People is a realist drama by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen that explores the moral and political conflict that erupts when a doctor exposes pollution in his town’s lucrative spa baths.

A. Miss Julie
Miss Julie is a naturalistic tragedy by Swedish playwright August Strindberg that explores class conflict, gender power dynamics, and psychological struggle through the doomed relationship between an aristocratic woman and her servant.
B. The Doll's House
The Doll's House is a major early story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman that explores themes of identity, dreams, and power through the introduction of key characters like Rose Walker and the Corinthian.
C. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that allegorically depicts Adolf Hitler’s rise to power through the story of a Chicago gangster.
D. The Devil and Daniel Webster
The Devil and Daniel Webster is a 1941 fantasy drama film, based on Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story, about a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the Devil and enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to defend him.
E. The Good Person of Szechwan
The Good Person of Szechwan is a socially critical play by Bertolt Brecht that explores the challenges of living a moral life within an unjust, capitalist society.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play ⓘ realist drama ⓘ
addressesIssue	democracy and the majority ⓘ economic interests versus ethics ⓘ environmental pollution ⓘ role of the press ⓘ
author	Henrik Ibsen ⓘ
centralTheme	freedom of speech ⓘ individual versus society ⓘ majority tyranny ⓘ political corruption ⓘ public health ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ
character	Aslaksen ⓘ Billing ⓘ Dr. Thomas Stockmann ⓘ Hovstad ⓘ Katherine Stockmann ⓘ Morten Kiil ⓘ Peter Stockmann ⓘ Petra Stockmann ⓘ
conflictType	moral conflict ⓘ political conflict ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Norway ⓘ
dramaticForm	prose drama ⓘ
dramaticStructure	five-act play ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear	1882 ⓘ
firstPublisher	Gyldendal ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ realism ⓘ
hasAdaptation	An Enemy of the People (1950 film) ⓘ linked to: An Enemy of the People An Enemy of the People (1978 film) ⓘ linked to: An Enemy of the People An Enemy of the People (play adaptations in English) ⓘ linked to: An Enemy of the People Ganashatru ⓘ Jana Gana Mana (stage and film adaptations influenced by the play) ⓘ
inspiredBy	controversy over Ibsen’s play Ghosts ⓘ
literaryPeriod	modern drama ⓘ
movement	realism in theatre ⓘ
notableQuote	The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. ⓘ
originalLanguage	Norwegian ⓘ
originalTitle	En folkefiende ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre	written after Ghosts and before The Wild Duck ⓘ
plotSummary	A doctor discovers that the town’s lucrative spa baths are polluted and faces public hostility when he insists on exposing the truth. ⓘ
protagonist	Dr. Thomas Stockmann ⓘ
publicationYear	1882 ⓘ
settingLocation	Norwegian coastal town ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henrik Ibsen → notableWork → An Enemy of the People ⓘ

Moscow Art Theatre → notableWork → An Enemy of the People ⓘ

Jeremy Shamos → notableWork → An Enemy of the People ⓘ

James Daly → notableWork → An Enemy of the People ⓘ

Eleanor Marx → translatedWork → An Enemy of the People ⓘ

An Enemy of the People → hasAdaptation → An Enemy of the People (1950 film) ⓘ