Reviews

When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen

victoriaamalie's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sky_reaper's review

5.0

"When we dead awaken we find that we have never lived." 

alccx__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

norgre's review against another edition

4.0

Tbh en av stykkene hans jeg har likt best!!!

jo1202's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

adam_nie's review against another edition

I read an adaptation by Robert Brustein for the American Repertory Theatre Series which was even shorter than this one (66 pages). Speaking only for that shorter version, I can confidently say....this is a play written by Henrik Ibsen. There are lines. There are set changes. There are themes. Did any of those lines, themes, or set changes grip me overmuch? No. If I wanted a show about a male visual artist draining his muse and ultimately becoming unmoored from the world around him in service of a grand vision, I'd rewatch Sunday in the Park with George.

bookishspider's review

4.0

Oh, my gracious, was this play an experience to read! I read the William Archer translation, and Archer did a presumably brilliant job! I very much enjoyed this, even if it is a dramatic tragedy.

msand3's review

3.0

2.5 stars. I wish I liked this play more than I do because Ibsen’s later prose plays are some of my favorite ever written. But the symbolism here is too heavy-handed, the characters are too stereotypically brooding, and the ending is almost laughable. I only wish Ibsen’s health had lasted for another decade so that he could have made the transition into the next phase of his career.

saradallapalma's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ho letto questo libro per un esame universitario e sono felicissima di aver iniziato la mia lettura di Ibsen con quest'opera, anche se è l'ultima scritta dal drammaturgo.
In questa rappresentazione teatrale, troviamo Rubek, uno sculture che ha avuto un'opera con molto successo, e la moglie Maja in un resort nei fiordi norvegesi. Qui, Rubek rincontrerà Irene, una persona molto importante nel suo passato, ma si farà anche la conoscenza di Ulfheim, un cacciatore di orsi.
La storia spiega principalmente il rapporto in un matrimonio, di quanto possa essere complicato quando l'uno (Rubek) creda che l'altra persona non sia abbastanza degna. Si concentra anche sulla libertà che una persona può e vuole. Soprattutto, però, il tema centrale sembra quello dell'arte e dell'attaccamento anche morboso che si può avere con l'opera.
Ho trovato quest'opera davvero introspettiva e se si conosce anche un minimo la storia di Ibsen o il suo pensiero, si possono davvero trovare dei piccoli riferimenti alla sua vita. Tornerò sicuramente dall'autore e se avete suggerimenti fatemeli sapere.

htetrasme's review against another edition

4.0

Poetic and spare evocation of our simultaneous yearning for and dread of the full experience of life; revolves around familiar themes of Ibsen with a sense of both finality and deliberate ambiguity.