A biographical impression of Eugene O'Neill by CHRISTOPHER BIGSBY with 'A hundred years ago in a small hotel in New York City a son was born to James O'Neill , rising star of a commercial theatre that his son would grow up to detest and reject.
Virtually single-handed,
Eugene O'Neill changed the direction of American theatre with plays such as The Emperor Jones, Mourning Becomes
Electra, Desire under the Elms, and The Iceman Cometh.
The autobiographical play
Long Day's Journey into Night, probably his finest achievement, was neither published nor performed in his lifetime. He ended his days in another hotel room, no longer able to write because of illness, locked up with his memories....'
Music arranged and played by TREVOR ALLAN
Producer ED THOMASON. Stereo