When We Dead Awaken
by Henrik Ibsen
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Henrik Ibsen (20th March, 1828 - 23rd May, 1906) is often referred to as the father of realism and ranked just below Shakespeare as Europe's greatest ever playwright especially as his plays are performed most frequently throughout the world after Shakespeare's. He was Norwegian and although set his plays in Norway, he wrote them in Danish and lived most of his professional life in Italy and Germany. His affect on the theatre is still evident today and shapes the distinction of plays being show more art as opposed to entertainment since he broke down all previous traditions and explored issues, developed characterisation, revealed uncomfortable truths, challenged assumptions and brokedown facades in ourselves as well as society. These factors are clearly demonstrated in When We Dead Awaken which centres around celebrated sculptor Arnold Rubek whose fame rests with his great work "The Day of the Resurrection" which he sculpted when he was younger. The model for this piece had been Irene and although he had feelings for her, he moved on and married Maia. He feels his creativity has dwindled and Irene might be able to unleash this again. Irene appears mysteriously and perceives her modelling for his work as the epitome of her life and therefore is now dead to any other experiences and has lost any respect for the sanctity of life. Ibsen's exploration of artistic intensity and integrity through this powerful relationship with its pervading images of stone demonstrates a passion for life that is unable to be realised and gives the play an ironic conclusion that is a must read. show lessTags
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این آخرین نمایشنامهایه که ایبسن پیش از مرگش نوشته و بیشتر یک شکواییه از حال و روز خودش به نظر میرسه... فقط جای خودش که یک نمایشنامهنویس (و تا حدودی نقاشه) یک مجسمهساز رو میگذاره که پس از مدتها تلاش و خلق شاهکارش، تو زندگی به پوچی رسیده!
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Hun kler av seg, står modell for ham daglig. Hun er ung, vakker, velskapt. Han er en ung, ambisiøs og begavet billedkunstner. De har et intenst forhold, det er sterk erotisk ladning mellom dem. Men det er noe de ikke våger, hun forlater ham. Mange år senere møtes de med ruinene av sitt liv. Han har mistet skaperkraften, hun er plaget pasient. Fordi de tok uopprettelig gale valg i sin ungdom, har de fått så uendelig mye mindre ut av sine liv enn de kunne. Når de nå våkner opp igjen sammen, ser de at de ikke har levet. I hovedrollene: Toralv Maurstad, Laila Goody, Gisken Armand, Bjarte Hjelmeland og Trond Brænne.
Hun kler av seg, står modell for ham daglig. Hun er ung, vakker, velskapt. Han er en ung, ambisiøs og begavet billedkunstner. De har et intenst forhold, det er sterk erotisk ladning mellom dem. Men det er noe de ikke våger, hun forlater ham. Mange år senere møtes de med ruinene av sitt liv. Han har mistet skaperkraften, hun er plaget pasient. Fordi de tok uopprettelig gale valg i sin ungdom, har de fått så uendelig mye mindre ut av sine liv enn de kunne. Når de nå våkner opp igjen sammen, ser de at de ikke har levet. I hovedrollene: Toralv Maurstad, Laila Goody, Gisken Armand, Bjarte Hjelmeland og Trond Brænne.
Oct 7, 2008Norwegian
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Henrik Ibsen, poet and playwright was born in Skein, Norway, in 1828. His creative work spanned 50 years, from 1849-1899, and included 25 plays and numerous poems. During his middle, romantic period (1840-1875), Ibsen wrote two important dramatic poems, Brand and Peer Gynt, while the period from 1875-1899 saw the creation of 11 realistic plays show more with contemporary settings, the most famous of which are A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, and The Wild Duck. Henrik Ibsen died in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway in 1906. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Pillars of Society / A Doll House / Ghosts / An Enemy of the People / The Wild Duck / Rosmersholm / The Lady from the Sea / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder / Little Eyolf / John Gabriel Borkman / When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen
The Wild Duck / Pillars of Society / The Lady from the Sea / Little Eyolf / John Gabriel Borkman / When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen
Little Eyolf / John Gabriel Borkman / When We Dead Awaken / An Enemy of the People / The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
An Enemy of the People / The Wild Duck / Rosmersholm / The Lady From The Sea / The Master Builder / When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen
The Lady From The Sea / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder / Little Eyolf / John Gabriel Borkman / When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen
Gespenster und andere Dramen (Nora - Gespenster - Die Wildente - Hedda Gabler - Wenn wir Toten erwachen) by Henrik Ibsen
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- Canonical title
- When We Dead Awaken
- Original title
- Når vi døde vågner
- Alternate titles
- When We Dead Wake
- Original publication date
- 1899
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- Fiction and Literature
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- 839.822 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Danish and Norwegian literatures Norwegian literature Norwegian drama
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- PT8874 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Norwegian literature Individual authors or works 19th century Ibsen, Henrik
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- 9 — Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Multiple languages, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian, Swedish
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