Ghost Sonata and When We Dead Awaken: A Dramatic Epilogue in Three Acts

by August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen, Thaddeus L. Torp (Translator)

Together in this volume are two plays by the Scandinavian geniuses of modern drama, which focus on a single theme–the reality of death. Translated and edited by Thaddeus L. Torp, this edition contains both August Strindberg's Ghost Sonata and Henrik Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken for performance and study and includes an introduction, a chronology of principal works and important events in the authors' lives, and a bibliography.

Genres: Drama

91 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Johan August Strindberg, a Swede, wrote psychological realism of noted novels and plays, including Miss Julie (1888) and The Dance of Death (1901).

Johan August Strindberg painted. He alongside Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerlöf, Hans Christian Andersen, and Snorri Sturluson arguably most influenced of all famous Scandinavian authors. People know this father of modern theatre. His work falls into major literary movements of naturalism and expressionism. People widely read him internationally to this day.

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Reviews

[Cooper Renner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short-ish inviting and interesting

[Adrian Colesberry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I went on a tear on 2007 and read all of Henrik Ibsen and all of August Strindberg. Before I could get to all of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, I had to turn back to writing, and I can't read while I write. Strindberg is wonderful. A bit more sarcastic than Ibsen and less tragedic. But both are great.
Though I'm not a big fan of Peer Gynt. Strindberg's parody of Peer Gynt, Lucky Per's Journey is a hoot. If you ever have a chance to see it performed, definitely go.

I haven't reviewed individual plays. Read them all, they're like popcorn.

This is my review for all of Strindberg.

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two amazing plays, absolutely haunting and it's impossible not to see the influence of Ibsen & Strindberg's theater on the films of Ingmar Bergman, especially his 'chamber' plays...