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  1. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism , earlier associated with Chekhov , Ibsen , and Strindberg .

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  2. Mar 29, 2024 · Eugene O’Neill (born October 16, 1888, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 27, 1953, Boston, Massachusetts) was a foremost American dramatist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. His masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey into Night (produced posthumously 1956), is at the apex of a long string of great plays, including Beyond ...

  3. Aug 16, 2023 · Eugene O'Neill was a famed playwright and his masterpiece, Long Day's Journey into Night (produced posthumously 1957), is at the apex of a long string of great plays, including Beyond the Horizon ...

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  5. 1888 – 1953. America’s First Major Playwright. When Eugene O’Neill began writing for the stage early in the 20th century, American theatre was dominated by vaudeville and romantic melodramas. Influenced by Strindberg, Ibsen, and other European playwrights, O’Neill vowed to create a theatre in America, stripped of false sentimentality ...

  6. Eugene O’Neill - Pulitzer Prize, American Playwright, Nobel Laureate: O’Neill’s capacity for and commitment to work were staggering. Between 1920 and 1943 he completed 20 long plays—several of them double and triple length—and a number of shorter ones. He wrote and rewrote many of his manuscripts half a dozen times before he was satisfied, and he filled shelves of notebooks with ...

  7. Feb 2, 2004 · Born in a hotel on Broadway in 1888, Eugene O’Neill was the son of Ella Quinlan and the actor James O’Neill. Eugene spent the first seven years of his life touring with his father’s theater ...

  8. The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House works to celebrate and promote the vision and legacy of Eugene O’Neill, America’s foremost playwright. The Foundation provides artistic and educational programs as well as a unique collection of resources that focus on Eugene O’Neill’s contribution to theatre in America and the world.

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