The Revels History of Drama in English, Volume VIII: American Drama

Literature & Fiction

Bogard, Travis

Richard Moody

Walter J. Meserve

Dramas & Plays

London & New York: Methuen/ Barnes & Noble

Eugene O'Neill, one of America's most gifted and prolific playwrights, wrote more than 60 plays between 1914 and 1941, a level of creativity paralleled in modern times only by Bernard Shaw.  The progress of his art from crude, one-act plays to the monumental tragedies of his later years is a story as dramatic and compelling as that of his tortured personal history.  Combining the two, Professor Bogard traces the contours of O'Neill's life in his art.  By discussing, in their approximate order of composition, the published and unpublished works, Bogard illuminates not only the plays, but also the literary, aesthetic, and historical influences on the playwright's development.  For the revised edition of this insightful, meticulously written work, the author has added new and unpublished material on A Tale of Possessors, Self-dispossessed, a cycle of nine plays written by O'Neill during the 1930s and '40s, only one of which he readied for the stage.  Among the plays in this cycle that have been posthumously produced are More Stately Mansions (New York, 1967) and A Touch of the Poet (New York, 1958).

Contour in Time: The Plays of Eugene O'Neill

Biographies & Memoirs

Oxford University Press

Eugene O'Neill, one of America's most gifted and prolific playwrights, wrote more than 60 plays between 1914 and 1941, a level of creativity paralleled in modern times only by Bernard Shaw. The progress of his art from experimental one-act plays to the monumental tragedies of his later years is a story as dramatic and compelling as that of his tortured personal history. Combining the two, Professor Bogard traces the contours of O'Neill's life in his art. By discussing, in their approximate order of composition, the published and unpublished works, Bogard illuminates not only the plays, but also the literary, aesthetic, and historical influences on the playwright's development. For the revised edition of this insightful, meticulously written work, the author has added new and unpublished material on A Tale of Possessors, Self-dispossessed, a cycle of eleven plays written by O'Neill during the 1930s and '40s, only one of which he readied for the stage. Among the plays in this cycle that have been posthumously produced are More Stately Mansions (New York, 1967) and A Touch of the Poet (New York, 1958).

Eugene O'Neill, one of America's most gifted and prolific playwrights, wrote more than 60 plays between 1914 and 1941, a level of creativity paralleled in modern times only by Bernard Shaw. The progress of his art from crude, one-act plays to the monumental tragedies of his later years is a story as dramatic and compelling as that of his tortured personal history. Combining the two, Professor Bogard traces the contours of O'Neill's life in his art. By discussing, in their approximate order of composition, the published and unpublished works, Bogard illuminates not only the plays, but also the literary, aesthetic, and historical influences on the playwright's development. For the revised edition of this insightful, meticulously written work, the author has added new and unpublished material on A Tale of Possessors, Self-dispossessed, a cycle of nine plays written by O'Neill during the 1930s and '40s, only one of which he readied for the stage. Among the plays in this cycle that have been posthumously produced are More Stately Mansions (New York, 1967) and A Touch of the Poet (New York, 1958).

Social and literary background information is combined with scholarly essays on actors, theatrical companies, dramatists, and plays

Revels History of Drama in English: American Drama

Routledge& Kegan Paul

Revels History of Drama in English (v. 8)

Moody, Richard

Meserve, Walter J.

METHUEN

The Eugene O'Neill Songbook (THEATER AND DRAMATIC STUDIES)

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

East Bay Books

“...essential to any understanding of...O'Neill if only because they demystify him.” –Arthur Miller, The New York Times Book Review

Selected Letters of Eugene O'Neill (Limelight)

Humor & Entertainment

Limelight

Eugene O'Neill Songbook

Mmb Music

From the Silence of Tao House: Essays About Eugene and Carlotta O'Neill and the Tao House Plays

Twenty-two writings by Bogard on Eugene and Carlotta, the plays, and the wider context, with a letter from Jason Robards.

Eugene O'Neill Foundation

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