Long Day’s Journey into Night (Masterplots II: Drama)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Tragedy
- Time of Work: An August day in 1912
- Setting: New London, Connecticut
- Principal Characters: James Tyrone, Mary Cavan Tyrone, James “Jamie” Tyrone, Jr., Edmund Tyrone, Cathleen
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Acting or actors, Memory, Parents and children, 1910’s, New England, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Drug addiction or addicts, Life, philosophy of, Morphine
- Locales: New London, CT
The Play
The plot of Long Day’s Journey into Night observes the classical unities, its action telescoping from 8:30 a.m. to midnight of an August day in 1912, set in the Tyrones’ summer home at New London’s beach, Connecticut. The curtain rises with Mary and James Tyrone entering their dining room. She retains a young and graceful figure in her mid-fifties, has a striking, “distinctly Irish” face, uses no makeup, and sports dark brown eyes that are “unusually large and beautiful, with black brows and long curling lashes.” Qualifying this favorable...
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