Episode 47: Translating An Enemy of the People with Dr. Paul Walsh

Environmental catastrophe. Political conflict. The ugly breakdown of a society that had previously seemed harmonious and peaceful. Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People contains much that speaks to our present-day anxieties. Dr. Paul Walsh of the Yale School of Drama has been thinking about this play a lot recently, because he's the translator for a brand-new version of the play, which recently premiered as the first production of the Yale Repertory Theatre's 52nd season and runs through October 28, 2017. Paul joined us to talk about Ibsen's surprisingly comic take on serious issues, as well as the process of translation itself.