Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright whose works defined serious American drama in the early twentieth century.
His plays—*Long Day's Journey into Night*, *The Iceman Cometh*, *Mourning Becomes Electra*—brought psychological depth and tragic weight to the American stage.
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936 and four Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.
Total absence of hope
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- fatePredetermined course of events
- downfallSudden loss of power
tragic flaw · catharsis · Greek tragedy · family dysfunction · alcoholism · addiction · guilt · confession
Highest academic honor
- Pulitzer PrizeElite American letters award
- literatureBody of written works
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
prestige · distinction · honor · acclaim
Writer of stage works
- playwritingAuthoring theatrical scripts
- stagecraftTheater production expertise
- scriptWritten words for performance
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
dialogue · dramaturgy · monologue · soliloquy · act · scene · rehearsal · director
First public performance
- revivalReturn after decline
- productionMaking or generating something
- stageRaised performance platform
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
performance · Tony Award · marquee · playhouse · American theater · box office · matinee · opening night
Connecticut coastal city
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- merchant marineCivilian ships for commerce
Irish heritage · Catholic upbringing · boarding school · Princeton · depression · tremor
despair
Total absence of hope
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- fatePredetermined course of events
downfall · tragic flaw · catharsis · Greek tragedy · family dysfunction · alcoholism · addiction · guilt · confession · disillusionment
Nobel Prize
Highest academic honor
- Pulitzer PrizeElite American letters award
- literatureBody of written works
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
recognition · prestige · distinction · honor · acclaim
dramatist
Writer of stage works
- playwritingAuthoring theatrical scripts
- stagecraftTheater production expertise
- scriptWritten words for performance
characterization · dialogue · dramaturgy · monologue · soliloquy · act · scene · rehearsal · director
premiere
First public performance
- revivalReturn after decline
- productionMaking or generating something
- stageRaised performance platform
curtain · performance · Tony Award · marquee · playhouse · American theater · box office · matinee · opening night
New London
Connecticut coastal city
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
merchant marine · Irish heritage · Catholic upbringing · boarding school · Princeton · depression · tremor
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- Irish AmericansJoe Biden, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy family, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Cagney
- PlaywrightsWilliam Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Chekhov, Ibsen
- 20th Century AuthorsErnest Hemingway, Hemingway, William Faulkner, Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- American ModernismGeorgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Ashcan School, Man Ray, Gertrude Stein
- Irish-American Writers
Eugene O'NeillNeil Simon
American comic playwright
Oscar Wilde · P.G. Wodehouse · farce · drawing room comedy · George Bernard Shaw
Eugene O'NeillBertolt Brecht
Eugene O'NeillNeil Simon
American comic playwright
Andrew Lloyd Webber · dinner theater · vaudeville · commercial theater