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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.
Mar 29, 2024 · Eugene O’Neill, foremost American dramatist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. His masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey into Night (produced posthumously in 1956), is at the apex of a long string of great plays, including Beyond the Horizon (1920), Ah! Wilderness (1933), and The Iceman Cometh (1946).
Aug 16, 2023 · Eugene O'Neill was the first American dramatist to regard the stage as a literary medium and the first U.S. playwright to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Updated: Aug 16, 2023. Photo...
Learn about Eugene O'Neill, his life, how he impacted American Theatre, influenced other playwrights, and more.
Feb 2, 2004 · Eugene O’Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep ...
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 believes unfalteringly that Beyond the Horizon, by Eugene G. O’Neill, is the best American play of the season and probably the best American play that has ever yet been written; and in this opinion I concur,” Hamilton wrote Garland.
