As I've been preparing the Dramaturg's note for the program, I decided to go back and take a closer look at our Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning author. At a glimpse, Eugene O'Neill had a tough life: he abandoned his first wife, his second wife was addicted to potassium bromine, he disowned his daughter, one of his sons was an alcoholic, the other was a heroine addict, and both sons committed suicide... in the words of our stage manager, Chandra McColgan, "no wonder he's killing babies."
For more information on this literary master, check out
www.eoneill.com.
Here, you can check out their
study companion - particularly, the
commentary is very interesting. If you've taken D.J. Hopkin's 460A class, it is definitely worth taking a few moments to read.
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