When We Dead Awaken Act I

The Henrik Ibsen Library · Sep 1, 2026 · 44m · transcript

In which the distinguished sculptor Professor Rubek returns to his homeland with his young wife Maia, sharing a quietly tense morning that reveals his inner restlessness and fractured joy. The reverie is interrupted by the mysterious and somber arrival of a pale lady named Irene, whose spectral presence and past connection to Rubek cast a reflective and haunting shadow over the scene.