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Eugene O'neill (Author)
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Publication Date: Jun 8 2000
Here on Compact Disc - a full-cast recording starring Robert Ryan, Stacy Keach, and Geraldine Fitzgerald - Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night.

O'Neill's painful view of his own life forms the core of Long Day's Journey Into Night, one of the greatest of all American plays. The Tyrone family (father James, mother Mary, and sons Edmund and Jamie) of the play is a surrogate for O'Neill's own family and, through them, the playwright wrestles with his past demons.

Covering a single day and night, O'Neill's play traces the impact on the family relapse into a drug addiction and younger son Edmund's being institutionalized for consumption. These events reopen old wounds and resentments and initiate a harrowing series of accusations and recriminations that threaten to tear apart the family.

At turns haunting, riveting, and emotionally lacerating, Long Day's Journey Into Night is one of O'Neill's greatest plays.

Directed by Arvin Brown, starring Robert Ryan, Stacy Keach, Geraldine Fitzgerald with James Naughton and Paddy Croft

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This work is interesting enough for its history. Completed in 1940, Long Day's Journey Into the Night is an autobiographical play Eugene O'Neill wrote that--because of the highly personal writing about his family--was not to be released until 25 years after his death, which occurred in 1953. But since O'Neill's immediate family had died in the early 1920s, his wife allowed publication of the play in 1956. Besides the history alone, the play is fascinating in its own right. It tells of the "Tyrones"--a fictional name for what is clearly the O'Neills. Theirs is not a happy tale: The youngest son (Edmond) is sent to a sanitarium to recover from tuberculosis; he despises his father for sending him; his mother is wrecked by narcotics; and his older brother by drink. In real-life these factors conspired to turn O'Neill into who he was--a tormented individual and a brilliant playwright. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"No play Eugene O'Neill ever wrote speaks more eloquently..." -- -- New York Herald Tribune
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5.0 out of 5 stars You're a fine armful... Nov 22 2005
By I. Allan
Format:Paperback
I am not one for reading very often except when my professors and teachers would assign the class books to read. I decided I would give this book a chance because it seemed small and was a play. I read this book from start to finish in a one day, and it was a wonderful piece of writing. The way the author depicted the family, was incredible. Each character had their own themes that affect the rest of the family. Mary is addicted to drugs and is still caught up with the death of her infant son Eugene which she blames on herself and James. The father Tyrone is very cheap and that played throughout the play whether it was not wanting to pay for his son's treatment or the measuring of the whiskey bottle before and after each drink.The oldest James deals with alcoholism and I believe a desire to have affection displayed toward him even though it is paid for. The youngest Edmund is sick with consumption and also battles with alcohol. Yet even though these themes cause the family to argue and fight often you still feel a sense of loyalty to each other. As the reader you want this family to pull though this dark time. We want Edmund to be able to get cured of his sickness and be healthy again, which will in turn help Mary over come her problem once again. But for that to happen we need Tyrone to pay some extra money for some quality help for his son and we would like James to succeed in acting and stop spending all his money. With this book being written sometime ago, it flows very well and is not hard to read at all. The language spoken between the family is easy to pick up on and before you know it, you're caught up in the book, as if you were a part of the family as well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Brutally Honest Autobiographical Play Dec 4 2005
By Amber
Format:Paperback
Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, is a deeply profound analysis of human nature. It is honest, true, and heart wrenching. This is an amazing piece of literature; however, one cannot call this play enjoyable. Its painful emotions and honest brutality suppress any signs of joy. The honesty of the play is realistic, as it is an autobiographical account of O'Neill and his family. He presented the play to his third wife, Carlotta, and asked the play not to be released until 25 years after his death. Despite this wish, three years after his death, his wife released this play to be published.

This four act play takes place over a single day. Figuratively and literally the play begins emerging from the fog, and then descends into the fog at the end. The setting takes place in the summer 'home', where the Tyrone family as retired for a few months. James Tyrone, the father continuously acts as if the family is one step away from the poor house, even though they are far from - he is unable to escape his past that is shrouded by poverty. His wife, Mary returned home from the Sanatorium two months previous, and their two sons Jamie and Edmund are present.

This family is utterly dysfunctional despite all their best efforts. James, an alcoholic, with two sons following his example and a 'dope fiend' mother who is addicted to morphine coexist in a world where things are never perfect. The story revolves around Edmund's illness. He is clearly in the early stages of tuberculosis, but he is awaiting the diagnosis from the family's third rate doctor. His mother continues totry and live in the delusion that Edmund is suffering from a 'summer cold'. As the youngest son, Edmund's health issues become more apparent so do the family issues. Mary starts using again, and all three men end up attempting to drink away their problems.

This play is magnificently written. O'Neill has managed to deeply develop not one, but four characters. Each character has believable dialogue and important roles in the family dynamics. Revelations are made along with accusations and forgiveness. O'Neill won a Pulitzer for this piece of literature, and I believe it was totally deserved.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Long Day's Journey into Night Dec 5 2005
By Hillary Brennan
Format:Paperback
Hopelessness accompanies the ever-existing thick fog in Eugene O'Neill's dark play A Long Day's Journey into Night. The difficult task of enduring the unfortunate plot of this play is painfully draining to bare in a single sitting, for it is far too depressing. Eugene O'Neill's play tells the story of a desperately dysfunctional family, where there is no hope of a happy ending. This family has four pathetic members: Mary, the dope-fiend mother, Tyrone, the cheap alcoholic father, and Edmund and Jamie, the alcoholic sons. The play takes place through the course of one day; many issues and events are revealed, portraying the severity of this family's hopeless future. On this day the mother ends up relapsing after being clean from morphine for two months, the youngest son Edmund is diagnosed with the disease of consumption, and Jamie the eldest son and Edmund's role model ends up revealing his internal hatred for his family. It is frustrating to follow this emotional rollercoaster of a play, because the family is at constant war with one another over past mistakes, criticizing and attacking each other's misfortunes. Their conversations are hot and cold, from expressing their unconditional love for one another to emotionally slaughtering one another. The saddest part of the play is the situation with the mother. Her addiction slowly takes over, and in the end she is completely gone. Up until that point she is in a pool of self pity and resentment towards life. The aura of the play is deathly devastating and dark, presenting an impossible solution for happiness, not to mention hope.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, clean, concise, but would like just a bit more
A riveting play dealing with the many complexities of maintaining aged relationships churned alongside familial dysfunction. Read more
Published on July 20 2007 by Tim
5.0 out of 5 stars Painful yet Enthralling
Eugene O'Neill's beautifully structured autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is a repugnant yet compelling portrait of a family torn apart by addiction, blame, loss... Read more
Published on Dec 4 2005 by Cathy St. John
4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful
Rarely do I read a piece of writing that leaves me reflecting hours after I've finished its last pages. Read more
Published on Dec 3 2005 by Cheryl Murphy
4.0 out of 5 stars Those who fail History are Doomed to Repeat it
O'Neil wrote his famous play Long Day's Journey into Night for his wife on their twelfth anniversary. Read more
Published on Dec 2 2005 by Brittany Steele
4.0 out of 5 stars Dysfunctional Family
Every story is autobiographical in some way. This is exceedingly true for Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. Read more
Published on Dec 1 2005 by Rebekah
4.0 out of 5 stars A Long and Tiring Journey
There is nothing darker, or more secret than the mind and heart of each individual. Close family members are like a group of linked secrets moving together, or apart. Read more
Published on Dec 1 2005 by John Tall
4.0 out of 5 stars Deep, probing and captivating
High-strung tension, psychological trauma and the struggle of a fragile family attempting to hold itself together is what classifies Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey into the... Read more
Published on Dec 1 2005 by Diana
3.0 out of 5 stars A Very Long Day Indeed...
"A Long Day's Journey Into Night" is considered by many to be Eugene O'Neill's best play. By combining personal experience with a very interesting dynamic between the... Read more
Published on Nov 30 2005 by Jason S.
4.0 out of 5 stars More than just a 'long day'
If you're in search of a brutally honest family tragedy, you'll only have to turn to this fascinating piece. Read more
Published on Nov 30 2005 by Kim Stuckey
4.0 out of 5 stars Love Amongst the Dysfunction
Long Day's Journey into Night captures the essence of the family. In depicting the problems of his own family, Eugene O'Neill displays that no family is perfect as each member... Read more
Published on Nov 29 2005 by Sara Mahoney
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