Scene dintr-o căsnicie • După repetiție

Ingmar Bergman’s volume contains the scripts for two distinct dramatic works that dissect the mechanics of long-term intimacy and professional legacy. In Scene dintr-o căsnicie, the narrative follows Marianne and Johan as their decade-long union dissolves through infidelity, legal divorce, and physical violence, eventually settling into a clandestine friendship. The second script, După repetiție, focuses on an aging theater director, Henrik Vogler, who engages in a psychological dialogue with a young actress and a ghost from his past. Both texts utilize sparse dialogue and domestic settings to analyze how individuals negotiate power, resentment, and dependency within secluded social structures.

This book serves readers interested in the intersection of psychoanalysis and dramatic literature. Students of sociology and performing arts use these scripts to study verbal manipulation and the shifting boundaries of the nuclear family. Readers walk away with a precise anatomical view of how resentment accumulates in private lives and how professional identities often mask personal stagnation. It functions as a manual for recognizing the patterns of emotional exhaustion that occur when social expectations clash with individual desires.

Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

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