When We Dead Awaken
play by Ibsen
Also known as: âNaar vi døde vaagnerâ
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. Ibsenâs 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,...