LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

by O'Neill, Eugene

A startlingly honest autobiographical piece written by O’Neill at a time of acute psychological stress. Set in 1912, the action takes place in the living room of a summer house, where we learn, in just one day, the painful and often brutal truths about the Tyrone family. “The characters come to life with an almost frightening fidelity; it is doubtful if any work in the theatre has ever been written with such first-person authority.” [N.Y. Journal-American]