When We Dead Awaken [Drama On 3]

by Henrik Ibsen, adapted for radio by Ian McDiarmid from the translation by Michael Meyer.

In Ibsen's final play, Arnold Rubek, a celebrated sculptor, returns to Norway with his disillusioned wife – only to bump into Irena, the woman who inspired his masterpiece, Resurrection Day.

Rubek - Ian McDiarmid

Irena - Stella Gonet

Maja - Melody Grove

Ulfheim - Sandy Grierson

Manager - John Dougall

Introduction by Professor Kirsten Shepherd-Barr

Sound recording by Gary Newman and Tim Sturgeon

Sound design by Eloise Whitmore

Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane

Ibsen's final, beautiful, visionary play about art and ambition. With Ian McDiarmid.

A new production of Ibsen's last play. A celebrated sculptor returns to Norway with his unhappy wife, only to bump into the woman who inspired his masterpiece. With Ian McDiarmid.