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"In Ibsen's An Enemy of the People a doctor discovers that his town's baths are contaminated and suffers the wrath of those with vested interests, including his own brother. Though it was written in 1882, its attack on the worthlessness of public opinion has surprising resonance 120 years later. Rasovsky's own translation is excellent -- the text is more informal and idiomatic than some older renderings -- and the minor editing is effective." AudioFile magazine

Fritz Weaver

A celebrated and durable American stage actor whose TV and film appearances have not captured the commanding power he elicits in the theater, Fritz Weaver portrayed both sympathetic and calculatingly villainous characters, often demonstrating an upper-crust bearing made more plausible by the long, thin, pinched appearance of his trademark nose. He is perhaps best known worldwide for his portrayal of Dr. Josef Weiss, the doomed patriarch of a Berlin Jewish family, in the 1978 NBC miniseries "Holocaust". The Pittsburgh native has carved out a career as a reputible stage performer but has only appeared in a modest number of features, Weaver generally delivered strong, memorable performances. His roles have encompassed everything from an Army colonel with a superiority complex in "Fail Safe" (1964), a foundation head who wants to use marine mammals for political purposes in "The Day of the Dolphin" (1973) and the obsessive computer wizard in "The Demon Seed" (1977). Weaver was in the ensemble cast of "Creepshow" (1982) and was the losing political candidate who does not take Richard Gere's advice in Sidney Lumet's "Power" (1986).

SEVEN CLASSIC PLAYS
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