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When We Dead Awaken

When We Dead Awaken

When We Dead Awaken is the last play written by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Published in December 1899, Ibsen wrote the play between February and November of that year. The first performance was at the Haymarket Theatre in London, a day or two before publication.


Henrik Ibsen photo
Henrik Ibsen photo

“When we dead awaken. … We see that we have never lived.”

Irene, in Act II
When We Dead Awaken (1899)

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