Long Day's Journey into Night
drama in four acts by Eugene O'Neill / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Long Day's Journey into Night is a tragedy play in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1941–42, first published in 1956. The play is seen to be his best work and one of the best American plays of the 20th century.
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Long Day's Journey into Night | |
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Written by | Eugene O'Neill |
Characters | Mary Cavan Tyrone James Tyrone Edmund Tyrone James Tyrone Jr. Cathleen |
Date of premiere | 2 February 1956 |
Place of premiere | Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm, Sweden |
Original language | English |
Subject | An autobiographical account of his explosive home life with a morphine-addicted mother and alcoholic father. |
Genre | Tragedy[1][2][3][4] |
Setting | The summer home of the Tyrones, August 1912 |
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O'Neill posthumously won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Long Day's Journey into Night.