Strange Interlude | Critical Overview
When first produced by the Theatre Guild at the John Golden Theatre in New York City in 1928, Strange Interlude was an unexpected success. The play lasted nearly five hours (not including the one hour interval for dinner) and held the audience’s attention throughout. It went on to become the most successful American play produced up to that time, with 426 Broadway performances in its first production. According to literary critic Travis Bogard, writing in Contour in Time: The Plays of Eugene O’Neill, audiences at the time regarded it as a play ‘‘which dealt seriously...
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