Ibsen’s most controversial play, ‘The Enemy of the Folks’, is relocated to Mexico in 1994

The enemy of the individuals, Probably the most controversial and carried out work by Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), returns to nationwide phases after six years of its most up-to-date staging, to run from as we speak till September 9 on the Shakespeare Discussion board (Zamora 7, Condesa neighborhood), with performances on Mondays at 8:30 p.m.

He does so in a brand new model that not solely locations the story in Mexico, however take the chance to take this robust plot to the realm of comedy, with farcical overtones. Omar Olvera (Mexico Metropolis, 1987) is accountable for the variation along with Jorge Escandón, in addition to the route of this play, which addresses the struggle for reality and justice, being a critique of hypocrisy, corruption, the shortage of integrity in society and the manipulation of the media.

Revealed in 1882, it’s a totally up to date manufacturing and related on a world scale, in keeping with the stage designer: Ibsen had the intelligence and mastery to painting human habits, the issuesHe defines montage as a political caricature by which laughter comes from self-criticism.

“That’s what makes the work fascinating, that it presents a political or social scenario that makes us assume – no less than it did with us – about how we’re members in these vices and defects, in all that which causes us issues as a society, which, on this case, has to do with how we’re able to overriding our ethics for particular pursuits.”

This new model of The enemy of the individuals It takes place in Mexico within the Nineties, within the midst of a political transition and a rising demand for democracy. It takes place in an arid city someplace within the north of the nation in 1994, a vital 12 months in nationwide historical past, marked by important political and social occasions.

The protagonist, Dr. Stockman, discovers that the city’s sizzling springs, the primary supply of revenue for the place, are contaminated on account of an absence of environmental regulation and political corruption, posing a well being hazard. The physician decides to disclose the reality to the general public, going through resistance from native authorities and the political elite, who search to cowl up the details to guard their financial pursuits.

12 months of milestones

Omar Olvera explains that he set this adaptation in that decade, particularly in 1994, as a result of he considers them to be essential years within the political historical past of the nation and a chance to replicate on the repercussions of that point within the present context and the way we’ve got superior within the face of political and social challenges.

We point out the political occasions of that point, but in addition the cultural ones. We wish to keep away from falling into political pamphlets; we shouldn’t have a political place. The work takes place in that period, which had many milestones, such because the entry into pressure of the Free Commerce Settlement, the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas and the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio.he particulars.

“However there have been additionally different parts round that point, such because the chupacabras, the present blended with politics and different extra in style points, resembling music and vogue, which is able to enable the spectator, from nostalgia, to see themselves mirrored and play with us on this essential identification, a bit to make a comparability with the present occasions.”

With a solid headed by Anabel Ferreira and Sergio Bonilla, and the participation of eight extra actors, the primary uniqueness of this new model of the play is that it’s the first to be finished within the tone of black comedy and social satire, Not less than in Mexico, I do not learn about different elements of the world, however it could possibly behighlights the stage director, who clarifies that full constancy to Ibsen’s textual content is maintained.

Comedy is a style that’s all of a sudden seen as minor, superficial, and that refers loads to the present, to what’s generally finished on tv; nonetheless, it is a chance to, via laughter, make a essential reflection.he argues.

It was applicable to do it in that tone, as a result of, with so many troublesome issues that our society and the entire world are going via, it is rather good for us to have an excellent time, to have enjoyable. We loosen up a piece that may be very dense, with a really critical, essential political content material; we attempt to be very devoted to the topic, however we additionally need individuals to come back to get pleasure from with us, to snicker, to get pleasure from and have fun on the theater.