Eugene O'Neill
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+ | "It was a great [[mistake]] my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or a fish. As it is I will always be a [[stranger]] who never feels at home, who does not really want and is not really wanted, who can never belong, who must always be a little in love with death!"--''[[Long Day's Journey into Night ]]'' (1956) by Eugene O'Neill | ||
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+ | '''Eugene Gladstone O'Neill''' (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an [[American playwright]] and [[Nobel laureate]] in [[Nobel Prize in Literature|literature]]. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of [[Realism (theatre)|realism]] earlier associated with Russian playwright [[Anton Chekhov]], Norwegian playwright [[Henrik Ibsen]], and Swedish playwright [[August Strindberg]]. The tragedy ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' is often numbered on the short list of the finest U.S. plays in the 20th century, alongside [[Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' and [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''. | ||
- | '''Eugene Gladstone O'Neill''' ([[October 16]], [[1888]]–[[November 27]], [[1953]]) was a [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel]]-prize winning [[United States|American]] [[playwright]]. O'Neill's plays were among the first to introduce into American drama to the techniques of [[Realism (dramatic arts)|realism]], associated with Russian playwright [[Anton Chekhov]], Norwegian playwright [[Henrik Ibsen]], and Swedish playwright [[August Strindberg]]. His plays were among the first to include speeches in American [[vernacular]]. His plays involve characters who inhabit the fringes of [[society]], engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. O'Neill wrote only one comedy (''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]''): all his other plays involve some degree of [[tragedy]] and personal [[pessimism]].{{GFDL}} | + | O'Neill's plays were among the first to include speeches in American English vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society. They struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusion and despair. Of his very few comedies, only one is well-known (''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]''). Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism. |
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"It was a great mistake my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or a fish. As it is I will always be a stranger who never feels at home, who does not really want and is not really wanted, who can never belong, who must always be a little in love with death!"--Long Day's Journey into Night (1956) by Eugene O'Neill |
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Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The tragedy Long Day's Journey into Night is often numbered on the short list of the finest U.S. plays in the 20th century, alongside Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
O'Neill's plays were among the first to include speeches in American English vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society. They struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusion and despair. Of his very few comedies, only one is well-known (Ah, Wilderness!). Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism.