Word: waxenberg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intellectual and eventually his society cast at opposing ends. The intellectual, Dr. Thomas Stockmann (Jim Caudle) unearths political corruption within the lifesblood financial enterprise of the town, and with the overwhelming support of the townspeople, confronts the local authorities. But the doctor's brother, Town Mayor Peter Stockmann (Michael Waxenberg), through questionable machinations, reverses the tide of public support, thereby casting the well-intentioned brother as "an enemy of the people...
Manyof the actors manage mediocre-to-good performances despite the interpretive and technical difficulties. Waxenberg provides the play with its only redeeming qualities. His excellent and evocative characterization of a small-town Huey Long is, however, diminished by the inconsistency of other actors' interpretations...
DESPITE HIS EFFECTIVE performance, Waxenberg's Mayor, a strong, satirical stereotype, epitomizes much of the inter-character inconsistency. In An Enemy of the People each actor chooses a separate interpretation--either stereotypical, or realistic, or a combination of the two And although a few of the characters succeed--separately--this somewhat egotistical method of character-development eventually prevents the success of the whole. Few actors act well. Even fewer manage to interact. The play suffers accordingly...