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Eugene O'Neill

EUGENE O'NEILL

  (1888 - 1953)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  represented by Patrick Herold (estate)

Born New York City October 18, 1888; died Boston, MA November 27, 1953.
Bibliography of the works of Eugene O'Neill by Ralph Sanborn and Barrett H Clark, 1931. Library of Congress 65-16249

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         Abortion         Ah, Wilderness!         All God's Chillun Got Wings         Ancient Mariner, The         Anna Christie         Before Breakfast         Beyond the Horizon         Blind Alley Guy: Notes for an Unfinished Play by Eugene O'Neill         Bound East for Cardiff         Bread and Butter         Calms of Capricorn, The         Chris Christopherson         Days Without End         Desire Under the Elms         Diff'rent         Dreamy Kid, The         Dynamo         Emperor Jones, The         Exorcism         First Man, The         Fog         Fountain, The         Gold         Great God Brown, The         Hairy Ape, The         Hughie         Iceman Cometh, The         Ile         In the Zone         Lazarus Laughed         Long Day's Journey Into Night         Long Voyage Home, The         Marco Millions         Moon for the Misbegotten, A         Moon of the Caribbees         More Stately Mansions         Mourning Becomes Electra         Movie Man, The         Now I Ask You         Personal Equation, The         Recklessness         Rope, The         S. S. Glencairn         Servitude         Shell Shock         Sniper, The         Strange Interlude         Straw, The         Thirst         Touch of the Poet, A         Warnings         Web, The         Welded         Where the Cross Is Made         Wife for a Life, A
Abortion

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1st Produced:
Key Theatre, NY     27 Oct 1959

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Lost Plays" published by New Fathoms, New York 1950   

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Ah, Wilderness!

Ah, Wilderness!
Nat Miller who owns a local newspaper and his wife Ellie worry about one of the six children - Richard. Richard reads strange books Shaw, Wilde and Omar Kayyam. Richard is in love with Muriel the girl who lives next door. Her Father David McComber bursts in and accuses Richard of corrupting Muriel. He brandishes letters written by Richard to her that quote from the books he has been reading. He gives Richard a letter written by Muriel at her father's command breaking off their friendship. That night Richard goes to a local whorehouse with a friend of his older brother. Richard drinks and gets into a fight. His parents decide that Richard must be punished but he is drunk and is put to bed. He is grounded and then he gets a letter from Muriel arranging to meet at the beach. Richard goes and they have their first kiss. Muriel's Father relents and says it is all right for her to date Richard. Richard's parents warn him about drink and fallen women

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1st Produced:
Nixon Theater, Pittsburgh, Pa (After An Out-Of-Town Tryout)     25 Sep 1933

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1st Published:
Random House 1933   

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All God's Chillun Got Wings

Synopsis:
the white wife of a promising black lawyer destroys his career

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1st Produced:
Provincetown Playhouse (Previously Playwrights'theater), NY     15 May 1924

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in the American Mercury, New York City, February, 1924 (Vol 1, No 2). First edition "All God's Chillun Got Wings and Welded", New York: Boni and Liveright, April 1924   

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Ancient Mariner, The

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1st Produced:
Provincetown Playhouse (Previously Playwrights'theater), NY     06 Apr 1924

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Anna Christie

Anna Christie
Eugene O'Neill's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning play about love and forgiveness charts one woman's longing to forget the dark secrets of her past and hope for salvation. Exiled from her home by the Old Devil Sea to the inland plains, Anna Christie's life changed for ever at just five years of age. Fifteen years later, she is reunited with the Father who sent her away, and sets sail in search of a new beginning.

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1st Produced:
Vanderbilt Theatre, New York     10 Nov 1921

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1st Published:
published with the Hairy Ape, Anna Christie and the First Man. New York: Boni and Liveright, July 1922.
Nick Hern Books, London (2011) this edition was published alongside the 2011 revival at the Donmar Warehouse, London.>>>    

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Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Wearing - the London Stage 53.114

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Before Breakfast

Before Breakfast
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1st Produced:
Provincetown Players, New York City     01 Dec 1916

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1st Published:
in the Provincetown Plays - Third Series. New York: Frank Shay, Dec 1916. (1st separate edition published a few days later)   

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Beyond the Horizon

Beyond the Horizon
Robert is about to start a new life across the ocean, whilst brother Andy is settling on the family farm. But realisation that they love the same woman results in a Dramatic reversal of fate.

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1st Produced:
Morosco Theatre, New York     02 Feb 1920

Organisations:
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1st Published:
New York: Boni and Liveright, March 1920   

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Genre:
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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Blind Alley Guy: Notes for an Unfinished Play by Eugene O'Neill

Synopsis:
A sociopathic gangster goes to the electric chair in the last play Eugene O'Neill ever attempted (and failed) to write. Exactly two months after completing what would come to be considered his masterpiece, Long Day's Journey into Night, Eugene O'Neill conceived of a new Drama about a gangster sentenced to death in the electric chair. For two years he developed this idea, drafting pages of handwritten notes. By then it was 1943 and O'Neill, at 55 years old, was beset by tremors in his hand so terrible he couldn't even hold a pencil. He abandoned writing in June of that year, ten years before his death. Blind Alley Guy would be the last play he would ever attempt. Blind Alley Guy: Notes for Unfinished Play by Eugene O'Neill is highly physical, mashing clowning in the manner of Chaplin with the brooding tragic style of O'Neill's great work. Trapped in a cycle of varying edits and re-writes, the White Family is portrayed as frantic puppets of an unseen and obviously uncertain creator, hystErically reenacting moments of their story as they hurtle in no particular direction toward utter devastation.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
by Eugene O'Neill; Arranged by Kevin Mullins. Conceived And Directed By: Joshua William Gelb

1st Produced:
Incubator Arts Project
131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003     23 Jun 2011

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Bound East for Cardiff

Bound East for Cardiff
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Notes:
part of the Glencairn Plays, which All feature characters on the fictional ship Glencairn -- filmed together As the Long Voyage Home:

1st Produced:
Provincetown, Mass., Wharf Theatre     28 Jul 1916

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in the Provincetown Plays - First Series. New York: Frank Shay, November 1916. This play was susequently collected in "the Moon of the Caribbees and six other plays of the sea"   

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Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 54.189

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Bread and Butter

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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Complete Plays 1913 - 1920" published by Library Of America 1988   

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Calms of Capricorn, The

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1st Produced:
-     1983

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1st Published:
Yale University Library 1981   

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Chris Christopherson

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Notes:
first version of Anna Christie

1st Produced:
Apollo Theater, Atlantic City, Nj     08 Mar 1920

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Complete Plays 1913 1920" published by Library of America 1988   

Music:
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Days Without End

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Plymouth Theater, Boston, Ma (After An Out-Of-Town Tryout)     27 Dec 1933

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Random House 1934   

Music:
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Desire Under the Elms

Synopsis:
Ephraim Cabot a widower leaves his farm to his three sons and goes off to the city. the youngest son Eban buys out his two half-brothers with money he has stolen from their Father and they go to California. Ephraim returns to the farm with a much younger wife - Abbie. Eban and Abbie are soon having an affair and Abbie becomes pregnant. She tells Ephraim that the baby is his but it is Eban's. Abbie thinks that the baby will be an obstacle between her and Eban so she kills the baby. Eban turns her over to the police

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1st Produced:
Greenwich Village Theatre, New York     11 Nov 1924

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1st Published:
Liveright 1925   

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Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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Diff'rent

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights' Theater, NY     27 Dec 1920

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Plays" published by Jonathan Cape 1922   

Music:
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Dreamy Kid, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights' Theater, NY     31 Oct 1919

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Theatre Arts Magazine, New York City, January, 1920 (Vol 4, No 1). This play was susequently collected in "Contempororary One-Act Plays of 1921" edited by Frank Shay   

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Dynamo

Dynamo
the Fyfe family and the Light family hate each other - apart from Reuben Light who loves Ada Fife. Although they are a religious family - Hutchins Light is a clergyman - they are also very superstitious. Ramsey Fife plays a cruel trick on Reuben and Hutchins. Reuben is so appalled when he discovers what has happened that he runs away. He sends postcards to his parents telling them that he has electrocuted their god. When he returns he is a changed man hard and cruel. He rapes Ada. He says that electricity is the god of everything. His is distraught to hear that his mother has just died. He takes Ada to the hydro-electric plant to introduce her to the dynamos. But he thinks the dynamos reject her as she is a tart. He shoots her and then electrocutes himself

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1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theatre, New York     11 Feb 1931

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Liveright 1929   

Music:
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Emperor Jones, The

Emperor Jones, The
the story of Brutus Jones, an African American man who sets himself up as monarch of a Caribbean island following a prison break in the United States. When the natives rebel after years of exploitation, Jones's mesmerizing journey into darkness becomes a terrifying psychological display of power, fear, and madness. With his demons in heavy pursuit and tom-toms beating, the Emperor is forced to confront the mortal sins of his past in search of forgiveness and salvation.

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1st Produced:
Provincetown Players     01 Nov 1920

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Theatre Arts Magazine, New York City, January, 1921 (Vol 5, No 1). First seperate edition Cincinnati: Stewart kidd Company, September 1921   

Music:
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Play/Drama 8 scenes

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Exorcism

Exorcism
Two friends are living together in petty poor circumstances. Ned was kicked out by his wealthy father and Jimmy by his wife. Ned hits a low and tries to kill himself - Jimmy rescues him

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwright's Theatre, NY     26 Mar 1920

Organisations:
Provincetown Players

1st Published:
Yale University Press 2012   

Music:
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First Man, The

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1st Produced:
Neighbourhood Playhouse, New York     04 Mar 1922

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Liveright 1922   

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Fog

Fog
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwright's Theatre, NY     05 Jan 1917

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Thirst and Other One Act Plays" published by Gorham Press 1914   

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Fountain, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Greenwich Village Theatre, New York     10 Dec 1925

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Complate Plays 1920 -1931" published by Library Of America 1988   

Music:
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Gold

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Frazee Theatre, New York     01 Jun 1921

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Boni and Liveright 1920   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama 4 acts

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Great God Brown, The

Synopsis:
All the actors wear masks. Billy and Dion are both in love with Margaret. Margaret loves Dion. Billy and Dion inherit the business from their fathers. Dion marries Margaret and retires to the country to paint. Dion dies and Billy takes over his mask and pretends to be Margaret's husband. Billy dies after Margaret finds out. Many years later Margaret is left alone with just Dion's mask

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1st Produced:
Greenwich Village Theatre, New York     23 Jan 1926

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Great God Brown And Lazarus Laughed" published by Jonathan Cape 1926   

Music:
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Hairy Ape, The

Hairy Ape, The
In the boiler room of a transAtlantic liner, Yank is the top man. Strong, brutal and macho he despises everyone and everything, Left and Right, old and new, rich and poor. He knows where he belongs and enjoys his lifestyle. When a decadent millionaire's daughter, Mildred Douglas, indulges herself in a little social work and descends to the bowels of the ship to see the workers she is horror struck and repulsed by the 'hairy ape' Yank and his filthy companions. Her looks and comments enrage Yank and he swears to get even with her. On land in New York, Yank and his well-meaning mate Long, become involved in a brawl outside a church and the 'ape' ends up in jail where he joins up with a revolutionary group, but they cannot handle his mindless schemes which include blowing up Mildred's father's factory. He finally ends up in a zoo park, where he at last finds someone who will listen to his primitive philosophical rantings, a gorilla. When he naively opens up the cage door for his new-found friend he too finds out what it is like to be the victim of mindless violence.

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1st Produced:
Playwright's Theatre, NY     09 Mar 1922

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Liveright 1929   

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Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Hughie

Synopsis:
1928 a lobby of a small New York hotel. Erie a small time hustler complains to the new night clerk about how his luck has gone down since the clerk's predecessor - Charles Hughes - left

Notes:
Written in 1941 first performed in Swedish in 1958

1st Produced:
Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden     18 Sep 1958

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Yale University Press 1959   

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Iceman Cometh, The

Iceman Cometh, The
Harry Hope's run down bar and boarding house the male tenants are all alcoholics who spend their time drinking and trying to get free booze. the three women who live there are all prostitutes. they are waiting for Hickey a travelling salesman who keeps them entertained with his stories of life on the road - they have planned a surprise birthday party for him

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1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theatre, New York     09 Oct 1946

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Jonathan Cape 1947   

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Male:  16            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Wearing - the London Stage 58.11

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Ile

Ile
1895. Whaling ship "the Atlantic Queen" is trapped in ice. the captain wants to get through the ice and continue northwards in search of whales. the crew who have now been at sea for two years want to turn round and go home. the captain brought his wife on the voyage and she is slowly going mad

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1st Produced:
Greenwich Village Theatre, New York     18 Apr 1918

Organisations:
the Greenwich Village Players

1st Published:
in the Smart Set, New York City, May, 1918 (Vol 55, No 1). This play was susequently collected in "the Moon of the Caribbees and six other plays of the sea"   

Music:
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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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In the Zone

In the Zone
Sailors on board the "Glencairn" get the keys to one of their shipmate's suitcase and open it

Notes:
part of the Glencairn Plays, which All feature characters on the fictional ship Glencairn -- filmed together As the Long Voyage Home:

1st Produced:
Comedy Theatre, New York     31 Oct 1917

Organisations:
Washington Square Players

1st Published:
collected in "the Moon of the Caribbees and six other plays of the sea", New York: Boni and Liveright, June 1919   

Music:
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Lazarus Laughed

Synopsis:
Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. People kept asking him what Heaven was like. All he could remember was God's laughter. So Lazarus laughs and the more he laughs the younger and stronger he gets. His wife Miriam however gets older

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1925

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-

1st Published:
Contained in: "the Great God Brown And Lazarus Laughed" published by Jonathan Cape 1926   

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-

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Long Day's Journey Into Night

Synopsis:
James Tyrone an ageing actor is bitter about a role that he has played for years and type cast him. His wife Mary is just out of rehab and no one is sure whether she can stay off heroin. Son Edmond is waiting for the results of tests that will determine whether he has tuberculosis or not

Notes:
first American production At Helen Hayes theater, NY 07 Nov 1967

1st Produced:
Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden     01 Dec 1956

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-

1st Published:
Jonathan Cape 1956   

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-

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Long Voyage Home, The

Long Voyage Home, The
Four tough merchant seamen, Olson, Driscoll, Cocky and Ivan arrive at a rough Docklands pub to celebrate the completion of a tour of duty. All but Olson, who wishes to stay sober, are soon so drunk that one of them, Ivan, slides into a stupor and has to be helped back to his lodgings by Driscoll and Cocky. Olson stays in the pub to wait for Driscoll and Cocky to return, and the pub's landlord sends one of his barmAIDS, Freda, to engage Olson in conversation. Freda discovers that Olson has foregone drink in fear that, once he starts, he is likely to go too far, and thus disrupt his plan to quit the sea, return to his native Sweden, and put the wages he has saved for two years into a small farm. Fat Joe, the landlord, has other plans. He has been offered a bribe by the Captain of a near derelict ship to provide a crewman for a gruelling trip around the Horn of Africa. Using Freda as cover, Fat Joe spikes Olson's ginger beer with a sleeping draught, robs him of his savings, and when he falls unconscious, turns him over to the Captain who had offered the bribe. Olson is dragged off to his fate just before Driscoll and Cocky, who might have saved him, come back to continue their binge.

Notes:
part of the Glencairn Plays, which All feature characters on the fictional ship Glencairn -- filmed together As the Long Voyage Home:

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Theater, NY     02 Nov 1917

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in the Smart Set, New York City, October, 1917 (Vol 53, No 2). This play was susequently collected in "the Moon of the Caribbees and six other plays of the sea"   

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-

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Marco Millions

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Guild Theatre, New York     09 Jan 1928

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Jonathan Cape 1927   

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-

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Moon for the Misbegotten, A

Moon for the Misbegotten, A
Tenant farmer Phil Hogan drinks with his landlord James Tyrone Jr. Tyrone threatens James' son Mike, who is the only one who works on the farm, that he is going to sell the farm and have them evicted. This sets in motion a chain of events

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Hartman Theater, Columbus, Oh     1947

Organisations:
Guild Theater production

1st Published:
Random House 1952   

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-

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Moon of the Caribbees

Moon of the Caribbees
-

Notes:
part of the Glencairn Plays, which All feature characters on the fictional ship Glencairn -- filmed together As the Long Voyage Home:

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Theater, NY     20 Dec 1918

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in the Smart Set, New York City, August, 1918 (Vol 55, No 4). This play was susequently collected in "the Moon of the Caribbees and six other plays of the sea"   

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-

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More Stately Mansions

Synopsis:
A sequel to "A Touch Of the Poet". Four years on Simon and Sara are married. Simon is a pawn in the battle for his affections between Sara and his mother

Notes:
Discovered in O'Neill's papers After his death. Sequel to "A Touch Of the Poet". first American production At Ahmansion theater, Los Angeles, CA. 12 November 1967

1st Produced:
Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden     29 Mar 1957

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-

1st Published:
Yale University Press 1964   

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-

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Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra
Murder, incest, adultery, love and revenge in a Southern family

Notes:
Trilogy Homecoming; the Hunted; the haunted

1st Produced:
Guild Theatre, New York     26 Oct 1931

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Liveright 1931   

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-

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Movie Man, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Key Theatre, NY     27 Oct 1959

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Lost Plays" published by New Fathoms, New York 1950   

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-

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comedy One Act

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Now I Ask You

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1916

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Complate Plays 1913 - 1920" published by Library Of America 1988   

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-

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Personal Equation, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1915

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Complete Plays 1913 - 1920" published by Library Of America 1988   

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-

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Recklessness

Recklessness
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1913

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Thirst and Other One Act Plays" published by Gorham Press 1914   

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-

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Rope, The

Rope, The
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Theater, NY     26 Apr 1918

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
collected in "the Moon of the Caribbees and six other plays of the sea", New York: Boni and Liveright, June 1919   

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-

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S. S. Glencairn

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
comprises of Bound East for Cardiff, In the Zone, the Moon of the Carribbees, Long Voyage Home.

1st Produced:
Barnstormer's Barn, Provincetown, Ma     14 Aug 1925

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-

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-   

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-

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Servitude

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Skylark Theatre, New York International Airport, NY     22 Apr 1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Lost Plays" published by New Fathoms, New York 1950   

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-

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Shell Shock

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1918

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Complete Plays 1913 - 1920" published by Library Of America 1988   

Music:
-

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Sniper, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Theater, NY     16 Feb 1917

Organisations:
Provincetown Players

1st Published:
Contained in: "Lost Plays" published by New Fathoms, New York 1950   

Music:
-

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Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude
Nina is mortified when her young man is killed in the First World War. She embarks on a series of sordid affairs until she settles down and marries the amiable but not too bright Sam. Nina becomes pregnant but when she learns that insanity runs in Sam's family - she has the baby aborted. She has a passionate fling with her doctor and conceives. She passes the baby off as Sam's

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
John Golden Theatre, New York     1928

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Boni & Liveright, NY - 1928   

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-

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Straw, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Greenwich Village Theatre, New York (After An Out-Of-Town Tryout)     10 Nov 1921

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Plays" published by Jonathan Cape 1922   

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-

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Thirst

Thirst
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Provincetown, Mass., Wharf Theatre     01 Jul 1916

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Thirst and Other One Act Plays" published by Gorham Press 1914   

Music:
-

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Touch of the Poet, A

Synopsis:
1828. Con Melody owns a tavern in a small town near Boston. He rides around on a magnificent horse. Quotes poetry at length. Claims he was born in a castlr and that he fought with the Duke of Wellington. But is is from an humble background. His adoring wife keeps the tavern going even though they are in debt. Con treats his daughter as a slave , calls her a slut. She hates him.

Notes:
Written in 1942 first American production At Helen Hayes theater, NY 02 Oct 1958

1st Produced:
Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden     29 Mar 1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Jonathan Cape 1957   

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-

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Warnings

Warnings
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1913

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Thirst and Other One Act Plays" published by Gorham Press 1914   

Music:
-

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Web, The

Web, The
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
39th Street Theatre, NY     17 Mar 1924

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Thirst and Other One Act Plays" published by Gorham Press 1914   

Music:
-

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Welded

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
39th Street Theatre, New York     17 Mar 1924

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Complete Plays of Eugene O'Neill 1920 - 1930" published by Library Of America    

Music:
-

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Where the Cross Is Made

Where the Cross Is Made
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Theater, NY     22 Nov 1918

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
collected in "the Moon of the Caribbees and six other plays of the sea", New York: Boni and Liveright, June 1919   

Music:
-

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Wife for a Life, A

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1913

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Lost Plays" published by New Fathoms, New York 1950   

Music:
-

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