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‘We want to challenge the people who have influence’
Theatre director JOLLEY GOSNOLD tells Lynne Walsh why he's bringing an Ibsen classic bang up to date

ADAPTING a complex and politically charged classic by literary colossus Henrik Ibsen may seem daunting enough.

More than that, the new production of his play An Enemy of the People, about to open at The Playground Theatre in west London, promises “a new, diverse, modern adaptation,” a description which might strike dread into many a reviewer’s heart.

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