Beyond the Horizon (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1920
- Setting: The Mayo farm, overlooking the sea
- Principal Characters: James Mayo, Kate Mayo, Captain Dick Scott, Andrew Mayo, Robert Mayo, Ruth Atkins, Mrs. Atkins, Mary
- Genres: Domestic realism, Drama
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Parents and children, Marriage, 1920’s, Brothers, Farms, farmers, or farming, Ambition, Success or failure
- Locales: United States
The Play
Beyond the Horizon was Eugene O’Neill’s first full-length play to merit production. Set in and around the Mayo farm, the play chronicles the story of Robert and Andrew, two brothers closely allied to each another but totally disparate. Andrew is the born farmer, “husky, sun-bronzed son of the soil,” while Robert is the dreamer with a “touch of the poet about him, delicate of feature and refined.”
As the curtain rises, Robert is sitting on the property’s fence line contemplating the horizon in the distance. He has long dreamed of leaving the...
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