Dec 31, 2009
The Oxford Dictionary of Plays | Long Day's Journey into Night
Long Day's Journey into Night
Author: Eugene O'Neill
Date Written: 1940–1
First Performance: 1956, Stockholm; 1956, New York
Published: 1956
Genre: Drama in 4 acts
Setting: Summer home in Connecticut, August 1912
Cast: 3m, 2f
James Tyrone, a famous 65-year-old actor, has made a fortune repeating his most successful role across America. He is now on summer holiday with his wife Mary and his two sons Jamie and Edmund. Mary is 54, of a nervous disposition, and has recently been released from hospital. Jamie, 33, who has never succeeded at anything, is a cynic who is too fond of his drink. Edmund, 23, is sensitive and intelligent, and is racked by a disturbing cough. Jamie attacks his father's meanness in taking Edmund to cheap quacks, when what Tyrone pretends is a cold might...
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