When We Dead Awaken
play by Ibsen
Also known as: “Naar vi døde vaagner”
When We Dead Awaken, play in three acts by Henrik Ibsen, published in Norwegian in 1899 as Naar vi døde vaagner and produced in 1900. Ibsen’s last play and his most confessional work, it is an examination of the problem that had obsessed him throughout his career: the struggle between art and life. Arnold Rubek, a famous sculptor, is vacationing at a mountain resort. There he meets Irene von Satow, a former model of his, whose love he had rejected years ago because of his plan to consecrate his life to his art. Rubek confesses that his art has been ...(100 of 145 words)