Long Day’s Journey into Night Revives O’Neill’s Reputation
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: November 7, 1956
Article abstract: The American production of the autobiographical play considered to be the crowning achievement of Eugene O’Neill’s career opened three years after the dramatist’s death.
Summary of Event
In 1956, the year Long Day’s Journey into Night premiered, the reputation of America’s foremost dramatist was at an all-time low. In spite of the fact that Eugene O’Neill had won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936, and there were stirrings of things to come with a 1956 revival of The Iceman Cometh in New York, most of the...
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