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When We Dead Awaken
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.
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
Last on
Sun 31 Mar 2024
19:30
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
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