Much is new in this extensively researched book: connections between O’Neill’s plays and his political and philosophical worldview; insights into his Irish American upbringing and lifelong torment over losing faith in God; his vital ...
Eugene O'Neill: A Poet's Quest ; with a Correct Chronology of the O'Neill Plays as Furnished by Eugene O'Neill
In the last half century, the American theater has become more a part of the global theatrical community and as a result, America's playwrights and their works are receiving more...
... of its composition reflects the common pathway along which these cycles travelled.4 For approximately five years before writing Iceman, O'Neill's time and energy were consumed in the enormous undertaking of his eleven-play cycle.
O'Neill had to go to Oakland several times a week for medical treatment intended to alleviate his worsening tremor and other ... summarizes some of the action of the first four plays ( in the eleven - play version ) of the Cycle .
By selecting the name Mary 7 rather than Ella for his mother , O'Neill could imply , even by her name , her longing to ... Before writing Long Day's Journey O'Neill was at work on his gigantic historical cycle of nine or eleven plays .