Eugene O’Neill
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: O’Neill is commonly considered a great American playwright, honored as a writer who experimented ambitiously in a variety of dramatic modes.
Early Life
Eugene Gladstone O’Neill was born in a Broadway hotel at a corner of Times Square on October 16, 1888. His father, James O’Neill (1846-1920), came to the United States from Ireland when he was ten and established himself as a talented Shakespearean actor, expected to inherit the mantle of Edwin Booth. In 1883, the elder O’Neill opened as the protagonist Edmond Dantès in a...
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