O Neill Long Day S Journey Into Night

A play about a family of four psychologically disturbed people reveals aspects of the author's own life.

A play set in 1912 at the summer home of a family whose members confront their own guilts and failures.

Presents a collection of critical essays on O'Neill's play, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.

A detailed account of the most significant productions of the play throughout the world.

THE STORY: In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desper

THE STORY: Originally produced on Broadway, revived to sellout houses in 1996 starring Al Pacino, HUGHIE was one of O'Neill's last works. It was originally intended as part of a series of short plays, but it became the lone survivor when O'Neill de

This is a play that revolves around a group of alcoholics who live together in a flop house above a saloon. They always discuss their dreams but never take a step toward actualizing them. This group of misfits always awaits the coming of the salesman whose name is Hickey. Hickey determines to strip them of their pipe dreams and then reveals that he has been on the run after murdering his wife.