divEugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play Long Day’s Journey into Night is regarded as his masterpiece and a classic of American drama. With this new edition, at last it has the critical edition that it deserves. William Davies King provides students and theater artists with an invaluable guide to the text, including an essay on historical and critical perspectives; glosses of literary allusions and quotations; notes on the performance history; an annotated bibliography; and illustrations. "This is a worthy new edition, one that I'm sure will appeal to many students and teachers. William Davies King provides a thoughtful introduction to Long Day's Journey into Night—equally sensitive to the most particular and most encompassing of the play's materials."—Marc Robinson/DIV

A detailed account of the most significant productions of the play throughout the world.

Presents a collection of critical essays on O'Neill's play, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.

A play set in 1912 at the summer home of a family whose members confront their own guilts and failures.

THE STORY: Originally produced on Broadway, revived to sellout houses in 1996 starring Al Pacino, HUGHIE was one of O'Neill's last works. It was originally intended as part of a series of short plays, but it became the lone survivor when O'Neill de

Raucus, ribald and ultimately very moving. A shockingly funny journey through five decades of birthdays, weddings and hen dos, rising young playwright Lee Mattinson tackles difficult questions under the laughter as Chalet Lines explores whether, in time, all women inevitably become like their mothers...

Long Day's Journey into Night is a play in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1941-42, first published in 1956. The play is widely considered to be his magnum opus and one of the finest American plays of the 20th century.