America's Foremost Playwright


I'll leave this one completely open for response. I'm just curious. What does everybody else think of Eugene O'Neil?

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Eugene O'Neill is a playwright whose work has transformed the drama of the 20th Century. His trio of family plays, Long Day's Journey into Night, A Moon For the Misbegotten and Ah, Wilderness are at the top of his work, but Anna Christie, Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra and Beyond the Horizon are beautiful works.

I've directed 2 O'Neill plays and his work is a life-changer. When you're involved in O'Neill, he takes over your life. As Colleen Dewhurst said "With every other playwright you ride the rim of the hurricane, but with O'Neill, you jump into the eye."

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