Eugene O'Neill

Born in October 16th, 1888

From New York City, New York, USA

Eugene O'Neill Biography

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 U.S. 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 disillusionment 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene O'Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Eugene O'Neill Movies

The Dancing Monkey Poster
May 5, 2023
Three Dramas Poster
October 24, 2020
Public Speaking Poster
November 22, 2010
The Iceman Cometh Poster
November 10, 1973
The Iceman Cometh Poster
November 14, 1960
Desire Under the Elms Poster
March 12, 1958

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