Long Day’s Journey into Night is a drama in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O’Neill in 1941–42 but only published in 1956. The play is widely considered to be his masterwork. O’Neill posthumously received the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.
author
Eugene O'Neill
character in play
Cathleen, Edmund Tyrone, James Tyrone, James Tyrone Jr., Mary Cavan Tyrone
IBDB ID
5526
premiere date
1956-02-02
premiere place
Stockholm, Royal Dramatic Theatre
premiere year
1956-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
setting of play
The summer home of the Tyrones August 1912
subject of play
an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife fused by a drug-addicted mother.
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