An Enemy of the People

Cast and characters

Character Broadway Debut West End Debut 1st West End revival 1st Broadway revival 2nd West End revival 2nd Broadway revival
1950 1988 1997 2012 2024 2024
Dr Thomas Stockmann Fredric March Tom Wilkinson Ian McKellen Boyd Gaines Matt Smith Jeremy Strong
Mayor Peter Stockmann Morris Carnovsky David Henry Stephen Moore Richard Thomas Paul Hilton Michael Imperioli
Petra Stockmann Anna Minot Warren Suzan Sylvester Lucy Whybrow Maïté Alina Jessica Brown Findlay Victoria Pedretti
Édouard Vuillard, An Enemy of the People program for Théâtre de l'Œuvre, November 1893
  • Doctor Thomas Stockmann, the medical officer at the new Municipal Baths and the protagonist.
  • Mrs. Katherine Stockmann, his wife.
  • Petra, their daughter, a teacher.
  • Ejlif and Morten, their sons.
  • Peter Stockmann, Doctor Stockmann's elder brother; he is the mayor of the town and thus Thomas' supervisor.
  • Morten Kiil, a tanner (Mrs. Stockmann's father), also known as the Badger.
  • Hovstad, editor of The Peoples' Messenger, the local paper.
  • Billing, sub-editor.
  • Captain Horster, a shipmaster going to America and a friend of Thomas Stockmann.
  • Aslaksen, a publisher (also a character in The League of Youth).
  • Men of various conditions and occupations, a few women, and a troop of schoolboys – the audience at a public meeting.

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