Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People in a shorter time span than any of his other plays. (Source)
Ibsen was extremely secretive while writing the play, not even letting his family know what he was working on. (Source)
When An Enemy of the People was first produced in Paris it was accompanied by anarchist demonstrations. (Source)
Actor, Steve McQueen was a big fan of Ibsen, and produced and starred in a version of An Enemy of the people not long before he died. (Source)