# When We Dead Awaken

Author: Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906; Archer, William, 1856-1924 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4782

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=When+We+Dead+Awaken+Ibsen&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

From _Pillars of Society_ to _John Gabriel Borkman_, Ibsen's plays had followed each other at regular intervals of two years, save when his indignation over the abuse heaped upon _Ghosts_ reduced to a single year the interval between that play and _An Enemy of the People_. _John Gabriel Borkman_ having appeared in 1896, its successor was expected in 1898; but Christmas came and brought no rumour of a new play. In a man now over seventy, this breach of a long-established habit seemed ominous. The new National Theatre in Christiania was opened in September of the following year; and when I then met Ibsen (for the last time) he told me that he was actually at work on a new play, which he tho...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-we-dead-awaken-4782/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-we-dead-awaken-4782/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-we-dead-awaken-4782/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-we-dead-awaken-4782/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-we-dead-awaken-4782/chapters/5/index.md)