Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953)
Auteur van Lange Dagreis naar de Nacht
Over de Auteur
Eugene O'Neill was born in New York City on October 16, 1888, the son of popular actors James O'Neill and Ellen Quinlan. As a young child, he frequently went on tour with his father and later attended a Catholic boarding school and a private preparatory school. He entered Princeton University but toon meer stayed for only a year. He took a variety of jobs, including prospecting for gold, shipping out as a merchant sailor, joining his father on the stage, and writing for newspapers. In 1912, he was hospitalized for tuberculosis and emotional exhaustion. While recovering, he read a great deal of dramatic literature and, after his release from the sanitarium, began writing plays. O'Neill got his theatrical start with a group known as the Provincetown Players, a company of actors, writers, and other theatrical newcomers, many of whom went on to achieve commercial and critical success. His first plays were one-act works for this group, works that combined realism with experimental forms. O'Neill's first commercial successes, Beyond the Horizon (1920) and Anna Christie (1921) were traditional realistic plays. Anna Christie is still frequently performed. It is the story of a young woman, Anna, whose hard life has led her to become a prostitute. Anna comes to live with her long-lost father, who is unaware of her past, and she falls in love with a sailor, who is also unaware. When Anna finds the two men fighting over her as though she were property, she is so angry and disgusted that she insists on telling them the truth. The man she loves rejects her at first, but then later returns to marry her. Soon O'Neill began to experiment more, and over the next 12 years used a wide variety of unusual techniques, settings, and dramatic devices. It is no exaggeration to say that, virtually on his own, O'Neill created a tradition of serious American theater. His influence on the playwrights who followed him has been enormous, and much of what is taken today for granted in modern American theater originated with O'Neill. A major legacy has been the nine plays he wrote between 1924 and 1931, tragedies that made heavy use of the new Freudian psychology just coming into fashion. His one comedy, Ah, Wilderness (1933), was the basis for the musical comedy, Oklahoma!, itself a groundbreaking event in American theater. O'Neill later began to write the intense, brooding, and highly autobiographical plays that are now considered to his best work. The Iceman Cometh (1946) is set in a bar in Manhattan's Bowery, or skid-row district. In the course of the play, a group of apparently happy men are forced to recognize the true emptiness of their lives. In A Long Day's Journey into Night (1956), O'Neill examines his own family and their tormented lives, a subject he continues in A Moon for the Misbegotten (1957). O'Neill's work was highly honored. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936 and Pulitzer Prizes for Anna Christie, Beyond the Horizon, Strange Interlude (1928), and A Long Day's Journey Into Night, which also received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. O'Neill died in Room 401 of the Sheraton Hotel on Bay State Road in Boston, on November 27, 1953, at the age of 65. He was also born in a hotel room in Times Square, NYC. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Eugene O'Neill
Desire Under The Elms / Strange Interlude / Mourning Becomes Electra (1924) — Auteur — 938 exemplaren
Four Plays by Eugene O'Neill: Anna Christie; The Hairy Ape; The Emperor Jones; Beyond the Horizon (1998) 217 exemplaren
Ah, wilderness! : The hairy ape ; All God's chillun got wings ; The emperor Jones ; Desire under the elms (1960) 26 exemplaren
Ah, wilderness! And two other plays: All God's chillun got wings, and Beyond the horizon (1964) 24 exemplaren
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill VOLUME 1: Strange Interlude, Desire Under the Elms, Lazarus Laughed, The Fountain, The… (1948) 20 exemplaren
The Emperor Jones with a Study Guide for the Screen Version of the Play (Students' Edition) (Appleton Modern… (1934) 14 exemplaren
The Unfinished Plays: Notes for the Visit of Malatesta, the Last Conquest, Blind Alley Guy (1988) 8 exemplaren
Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown 8 exemplaren
Four Plays: Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra, A Moon for the Misbegotten, A Touch of the Poet (1978) 7 exemplaren
Ile 7 exemplaren
Deseo Bajo los Olmos, Los Millones de Marco Polo, Intimamente Unidos. Nobel 1936 (1989) 6 exemplaren
Anna Christie / Beyond the Horizon / Emperor Jones / The Hairy Ape / Days Without End (2004) 5 exemplaren
Le opere: La luna dei Caraibi, Il lungo viaggio di ritorno, L'imperatore Jones, Anna Christie, Strano interludio, Il… (1978) 4 exemplaren
Selected Plays Of Eugene O'Neill 4 exemplaren
Teatro escogido 3 exemplaren
Teatro 3 exemplaren
Three American Plays 3 exemplaren
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill VOLUME 1 3 exemplaren
Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill vol I}signed by O'Neill Ltd ed 1163/2000 vol I only of a 2 vik set (1924) 3 exemplaren
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill the Lifetime Library 3 exemplaren
Iceman Cometh (PAPERBACK) 1946,A PLAY 2 exemplaren
Viaje a la noche y otros ocho dramas 2 exemplaren
The plays of Eugene O'Neill 1 2 exemplaren
Plays 2 exemplaren
The Long Voyage Home, Seven Plays Of The Sea (1946) Random House Hardcover Eugene O'Neill (1946) 2 exemplaren
The Plays of Eugene O'neill - 1967 Volume 3 (Anna Christie, Beyond the Horizon....) (1967) 2 exemplaren
The Works of Eugene O'Neill - Marco Millions 2 exemplaren
A Moon for the Misbegotten a play in 4 Acts 2 exemplaren
Three Plays: The Emperor Jones, Diff'rent, The Straw 2 exemplaren
Nine Plays By Eugene O'neil 2 exemplaren
Seven contemporary plays 2 exemplaren
Abortion 2 exemplaren
Ah, Wilderness and Other Plays 2 exemplaren
O'Neill Complete Plays: Volume 3: 1932-1943 [LIAM ONEILL COMP PLAYS] [Hardcover] (1988) 2 exemplaren
Servitude 2 exemplaren
The Hairy Ape, and other plays 2 exemplaren
I tjocka på Atlanten 2 exemplaren
The Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill (vol II) 2 exemplaren
Dramen, Fast ein Poet, Trauer muß Elektra tragen, Eines langen Tages Reise in die Nacht (1960) 2 exemplaren
Now I Ask You 1 exemplaar
The Personal Equation 1 exemplaar
Bread and Butter 1 exemplaar
Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill 1 exemplaar
LOST PLAYS OF EUGENE O'NEILL 1 exemplaar
Dias sem fim 1 exemplaar
Eugene O'Neill Set of Complete Plays 1913-1943 (Literary Classics, Complete Set of 3 Books) 1 exemplaar
Eugene O'Neill: Nine Plays 1 exemplaar
Thirst, and other one act plays 1 exemplaar
Teatro Volume primo 1 exemplaar
Desire Under The Elms 1 exemplaar
Electra e os fantasmas. Trilogia 1 exemplaar
A Touch Of The Poet (Playbill) [Vol 2 No 39] 1 exemplaar
A Touch Of The Poet (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 15] 1 exemplaar
Hughie (Playbill) [Vol 1 No 12] 1 exemplaar
Última voluntad y testamento de un perro distinguidísimo / Eugene O´Neill ; ilustraciones de Alessandra Genualdo ;… (2019) 1 exemplaar
A Touch Of The Poet (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 20] 1 exemplaar
Rare Eugene O'Neill / The Iceman Cometh 1946 1 exemplaar
NINE PLAYS : SELECTED BY THE AUTHOR 1 exemplaar
Moon for the Misbegotten, A ; Act 1-4 1 exemplaar
Seltsames Zwischenspiel Drama in 9 Akten. Von Eugene [Gladstone] O'Neill. Deutsche Übertr. von Marianne… 1 exemplaar
The Later Plays of Eugene O'Neill, 1967 1 exemplaar
Teatro escogido ... 1 exemplaar
Chris Christopherson 1 exemplaar
The Iceman Cometh 1 exemplaar
Long day's journey into night 1 exemplaar
VIAJE A LA NOCHE Y OTROS OCHO DRAMAS II 1 exemplaar
VIAJE A LA NOCHE Y OTROS OCHO DRAMAS I 1 exemplaar
5 plays 1 exemplaar
سبع مسرحيات 1 exemplaar
Complete Plays: 1920-1931 1 exemplaar
American Dream 1 exemplaar
O'Neill drámák 1. 1 exemplaar
Olje / Ile 1 exemplaar
Teatr 1 exemplaar
Quatro Peças - - Volume 35 1 exemplaar
Mattia Pascal und Einer, keiner, hunderttausend - Pirandello, 1934/ Meisterdramen - O'Neill, 1936/ Jean Barois -… (1984) 1 exemplaar
L'empereur Jones, pièce en 8 tableaux d'O'Neill. (Coll Education et Théâtre), N° 36; Théâtre de répertoire 1 exemplaar
De l'Huile, pièce en 1 acte d'O'Neill. (Coll Education et Théâtre), N° 37 ; Théâtre de répertoire 1 exemplaar
Electra Enlutada 1 exemplaar
O'Neill drámák 2. 1 exemplaar
The One-Act Plays of Eugene O'Neill 1 exemplaar
Mourning Becomes Electra a Trilogy 1 exemplaar
The Fountain 1 exemplaar
Bound East For Cardiff: “Where the rainbows play in the flying spray, 'Mid the keen salt kiss of the… 1 exemplaar
Gold: A Play in Four Acts (1920) 1 exemplaar
The Iceman Cometh 1 exemplaar
Ah, Wilderness and Other Plays 1 exemplaar
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill: Volume 3 1 exemplaar
El poeta y sus sueños 1 exemplaar
Viaje a la noche y otros ocho dramas [Tomo I] 1 exemplaar
The days of Eugene O'Neil 1 exemplaar
Coup de théâtre 1 exemplaar
Los Demonios 1 exemplaar
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill: Volume 2 1 exemplaar
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill: Volume 1 1 exemplaar
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill Volume 1 1 exemplaar
Experimental O'Neill: The Hairy Ape, The Emperor Jones, and The S.S. Glencairn One-Act Plays (2016) 1 exemplaar
Lang dags ferd mot natt 1 exemplaar
Oltre l'orizzonte 1 exemplaar
Fermenti 1 exemplaar
Plays 1 exemplaar
Nueve dramas; Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Fog 1 exemplaar
The Dreamy Kid 1 exemplaar
Collected Plays 1 exemplaar
EUGENE O'NEILL PLAYS (4): Moon for the Misbegotten, The Iceman Cometh, A Touch of the Poet, Long Day's… (1973) 1 exemplaar
Complete Works Vol. 2 1 exemplaar
Le opere 1 exemplaar
THE PLAYS OF EUGENE O'NEILL : 9 PLAYS 1 exemplaar
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill Volume One 1 exemplaar
Il castoro 1 exemplaar
Dvi amerikiečių pjesės 1 exemplaar
Négy dráma 1 exemplaar
El emperador Jones; Antes del desayuno 1 exemplaar
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill Vol 3 1 exemplaar
Anna Christie and The Emperor Jones 1 exemplaar
Amerikanisches Theater 1 exemplaar
TRAANIA 1 exemplaar
VAARAVYÖHYKKEESSÄ 1 exemplaar
Théâtre choisi 1 exemplaar
Anna Christie [Souvenir Program] 1 exemplaar
Eugene O'Neills dramatik: Äktenskapsdramer 1 exemplaar
I capolavori di Eugene ONeill 1 exemplaar
Homecoming 1 exemplaar
Théâtre complet 2 : Le brin de paille - De l'or - Anna Christie - L'empereur Jones (1964) 1 exemplaar
Opere 1 exemplaar
Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill. 2 Vols. 1 exemplaar
A Wife For A Life 1 exemplaar
Tocht naar het duister 1 exemplaar
Eugene O'Neill : Complete Plays 1932-1943 (Library of America) by O'Neill, Eugene published by Library of… 1 exemplaar
O`NEILL: COMPLETE PLAYS 1920-1931 1 exemplaar
O`NEILL: COMPLETE PLAYS 1913-1920 1 exemplaar
Electra e os fantasmas: trilogia 1 exemplaar
The Plays of Eugene O'Neill, vol. 2 1 exemplaar
Più grandi dimore 1 exemplaar
Where The Cross Is Made: "My motto in life is never trust anyone too far, not even myself.” (2014) 1 exemplaar
The Emperor Jones & The Straw 1 exemplaar
Ah, wilderness!: And two other plays: All God's chillun got wings, and Beyond the horizon (The Modern library,… (1955) 1 exemplaar
Desejo Sob os Ulmeiros 1 exemplaar
Trauer muss Elektra tragen 1 exemplaar
Lunga giornata verso la notte 1 exemplaar
The Eugene O’Neill Collection 1 exemplaar
O`NEILL: COMPLETE PLAYS 1932-1943 1 exemplaar
The plays of Eugene O'Neill. [Vol.1] 1 exemplaar
El gran dios Brown - Extraño interludio 1 exemplaar
Antes del desayuno 1 exemplaar
Quatro peças 1 exemplaar
Pod karribbským měsícem 1 exemplaar
Premio nobel de literatura 1936 1 exemplaar
Kariibide kuu : [näidendid] 1 exemplaar
Lungul drum al zilei catre noapte 1 exemplaar
عشر مسرحيات مفقودة 1 exemplaar
Early Plays (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) 1 exemplaar
The Emperor Jones ; Diff'rent ; The straw 1 exemplaar
Gold; a play in four acts 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- O'Neill, Eugene
- Officiële naam
- O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone
- Geboortedatum
- 1888-10-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1953-11-27
- Graflocatie
- Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- cerebellar cortical atrophy, a rare form of brain deterioration
- Woonplaatsen
- Monte Cristo Cottage, New London, Connecticut, USA
Château du Plessis, St. Antoine-du-Rocher, Indre-et-Loire, France
Casa Genotta, Sea Island, Georgia, USA
Tao House, Danville, California, USA - Opleiding
- St. Aloysius Academy for Boys
Princeton University
Harvard University - Beroepen
- playwright
poet
reporter
actor
assistant stage manager
prospector (toon alle 9)
sailor
secretary
editor - Relaties
- O'Neill, Eugene, Jr. (son)
O'Neill, Shane (son)
Boulton, Agnes (wife)
Bryant, Louise (girlfriend)
Baker, George Pierce (teacher)
Strindberg, August (friend) (toon alle 8)
Reed, John (friend)
Chaplin, Geraldine (grand daughter) - Organisaties
- National Institute of Arts and Letters
The Lambs
Dramatists Guild
Authors League of America
Provincetown Players (co-manager)
New London Telegraph (reporter) (toon alle 8)
Marine Transport Workers Union of the Industrial Workers of the World
American Spectator (associate editor and contributor) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Nobel Prize (Literature ∙ 1936)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1923)
American Philosophical Society (1935)
American Theater Hall of Fame (1972)
Gold Medal, National Institute of Arts and Letters (1923)
Pulitzer Prize (1920, 1922, 1928, 1957) (toon alle 14)
Tony Award (1957)
Irish Academy of Letters (1932)
National Historic Landmark (Monte Cristo Cottage)(1971)
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site (Tao House)(1976)
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York (1959)
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut (1964)
Litt.D., Yale University (1923)
United States Postal Service stamp (1967)
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