Un procès après l'ennemi du peuple

Henrik Ibsen sets his An Enemy of the People in a spa town where, after years of economic hardship, the residents are beginning to reap the benefits of tourism. But Thomas Stockmann, the spa’s doctor, discovers severe water pollution and decides to write an article for the press, jeopardizing the local economy. His relationships with the press, politicians—his brother Peter is the town’s mayor—and the public turn into conflicts of interest and conflicting narratives. Refusing to compromise, Thomas stubbornly refuses to abandon his ideas and, during a public meeting and in a fit of rage, proclaims himself to be the only person capable of deciding what is best for the people: “The majority is never right.” ” The city then declares Thomas Stockmann an enemy of the people, and the play ends with a public lynching, leading to the exile of the doctor and his family

A Trial After An Enemy of the People, picks up the story a few years later. It portrays the theater as a public courtroom where, in the absence of lawyers or judges, Thomas Stockmann asks for a second chance: the right to a defense, the right to a neutral and impartial trial to judge his attitudes, actions, and choices. Did his actions and words undermine democracy?