“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” (An Enemy of the People) What is the relationship between the community and individual? Is one more important than the other? In this course led by philosophy and literature tutor Darren Harper, we discuss society, ethics, truth and life in the plays of Henrik Ibsen, one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature. One of the leading proponents of modernism in theatre, he was known as the ‘father of realism’ and his work took an unsentimental look at the realities of life and issues of morality behind the facades of polite society. We will look particularly at Ibsen’s later works, including A Doll’s House (1879), Ghosts (1882), An Enemy of the People (1882) and Hedda Gabler (1891).

Darren Harper (Cumbria www.highamhall.com/darren-harper)
Residential: £390 Non-residential: £270