Eugene (Gladstone) O'Neill
Born New York City October 18, 1888; died Boston November 27, 1953
Stage Works
Unless otherwise indicated, the plays were first performed in New York.
- A Wife for Life. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1958.
- Thirst. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914. Produced Provincetown, Mass., Wharf Theatre, summer, 1916.
- The Web. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914.
- Warnings. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914.
- Fog. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Jan. 5, 1917.
- Recklessness. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914.
- Bound East for Cardiff. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 3, 1916.
- Servitude. Play, 3 acts. Written 1913/14. Published 1958. Produced Skylark Theatre, New York International Airport, Apr. 23, 1960.
- Abortion. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1958.
- The Sniper. Play, 1 act. Written 1915. Published 1958. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Feb. 16, 1917.
- Before Breakfast. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1916. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Dec. 1, 1916.
- The Movie Man. Comedy, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1958.
- 'Ile. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 30, 1917.
- In the Zone. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Comedy Theatre, Oct. 31, 1917.
- The Long Voyage Home. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 2, 1917.
- The Moon of the Caribbees. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Dec. 20, 1918.
- The Rope. Play, 1 act. Written 1918. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Apr. 26, 1918.
- The Dreamy Kid. Play, 1 act. Written 1918. Published 1920. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Oct. 31, 1919.
- Beyond the Horizon. Play, 3 acts. Written 1918. Published 1921. Produced Morosco Theatre, Feb. 2, 1920.
- Where the Cross Is Made. Play, 1 act. Written 1918. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 22, 1918.
- The Straw. Play, 3 acts. Written 1919. Published 1921. Produced Greenwich Village Theatre, Nov. 10, 1921.
- Gold. Play, 4 acts. Written 1920. Published 1920. Produced Frazee Theatre, Jan. 1, 1921.
- Anna Christie. Play, 4 acts. Written 1920. Published 1923. Produced Vanderbilt Theatre, Nov. 10, 1921. Earlier version: Chris Christopherson. Written 1919. Produced Atlantic City, N.J., Mar. 8, 1920.
- The Emperor Jones. Play, 8 scenes. Written 1920. Published 1921. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 3, 1920.
- Diff'rent. Play, 2 acts. Written 1920. Published 1921. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Dec. 27, 1920.
- The First Man. Play, 4 acts. Written 1921. Published 1923. Produced Neighborhood Playhouse, Mar. 4, 1922.
- The Hairy Ape. Comedy of ancient and modern life, 8 scenes. Written 1921. Published 1923. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Mar. 9, 1922.
- The Fountain. Play, 11 scenes. Written 1922. Published 1926. Produced Greenwich Village Theatre, Dec. 10, 1925.
- Welded. Play, 3 acts. Written 1923. Produced Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, Mar. 17, 1924.
- All God's Chillun Got Wings. Play, 2 acts. Written 1923. Published 1924. Produced Provincetown Playhouse, May 15, 1924.
- Desire under the Elms. Play, 3 parts. Written 1924. Published 1925. Produced Greenwich Village Theatre, Nov. 11, 1924.
- Marco Millions. Play, prologue, 3 acts, and epilogue. Written 1925. Published 1927. Produced Guild Theatre, Jan. 9, 1928.
- The Great God Brown. Play, prologue and 4 acts. Written 1925. Published 1926. Produced Greenwich Village Theatre, Jan. 23, 1926.
- Lazarus Laughed. Play, 4 acts. Written 1926. Published 1927. Produced Pasadena, Calif., Playhouse, Apr. 9, 1928.
- Strange Interlude. Play, 2 parts and 9 acts. Written 1927. Published 1928. Produced John Golden Theatre, Jan. 20, 1928.
- Dynamo. Play, 3 acts. Written 1928. Published 1929. Produced Martin Beck Theatre, Feb. 11, 1929.
- Mourning Becomes Electra. Trilogy: Homecoming, 4 acts; The Hunted, 5 acts; The Haunted, 4 acts. Written 1931. Published 1931. Produced Guild Theatre, Oct. 26, 1931.
- Ah, Wilderness! Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1932. Published 1933. Produced Guild Theatre, Oct. 2, 1933.
- Days Without End. Play, 4 acts. Written 1933. Published 1934. Produced Guild Theatre, Jan. 8, 1934.
- The Iceman Cometh. Play, 4 acts. Written 1939. Published 1946. Produced Martin Beck Theatre, Sept. 2, 1946.
- Long Day's Journey into Night. Play, 4 acts. Written 1941. Published 1955. Produced Helen Hayes Theatre, Nov. 7, 1956.
- A Touch of the Poet. Play, 4 acts. Written 1935-1942. Published 1957. Produced Helen Hayes Theatre, Oct. 2, 1958.
- Hughie. Play, 1 act. Written 1942. Published 1959. Produced Stockholm, 1958; New York, Royale Theatre, Dec. 22, 1964.
- A Moon for the Misbegotten. Play, 4 acts. Written 1943. Published 1958. Produced Bijou Theatre, May 2, 1957.
- More Stately Mansions. Play, 2 acts. Written 1953. Published 1964. Produced Broadhurst Theatre, Oct. 31, 1967. Shortened from the rough manuscript by K. R. Gierow and edited by D. Gallup.
CRITICISM
- R. Sanborn and B. H. Clark, A Bibliography of the Works of Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1931
- V. Geddes, The Melodramas of Eugene O'Neill: A Critical Study, Brookfield, Conn., 1934
- S. K. Winther, Eugene O'Neill: A Critical Study, New York, 1934
- R. D. Skinner, Eugene O'Neill: A Poet's Quest, New York, 1935
- B. H. Clark, Eugene O'Neill: The Man and His Plays, New York, 1947
- E. A. Engle, The Haunted Heroes of Eugene ONeill, Cambridge, Mass., 1953
- J. Y. Miller, A Critical Bibliography of Eugene O'Neill, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1957
- A. Boulton, Part of a Long Story, New York, 1958
- D. V. Falk, Eugene O'Neill and the Tragic Tension, New Brunswick, N.J., 1958
- C. Bowen and S. O'Neill, The Curse of the Misbegotten: A Tale of the House of O'Neill, New York, 1959
- O'Neill and His Plays: Four Decades of Criticism, ed. by O. Cargill, B. N. Fagan, and W. J. Fischer, New York, 1961
- D. Alexander, The Tempering of Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1962
- A. and B. Gelb, O'Neill, New York, 1962
- J. Y. Miller, Eugene O'Neill and the American Critic: A Summary and Bibliographical Checklist, New York, 1962, 2d ed. rev., 1973
- C. Leech, Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1963
- F. I. Carpenter, Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1964
- O'Neill: A Collection of Critical Essays, ed. by J. Gassner, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1964
- J. Gassner, Eugene O'Neill, Minneapolis, 1965
- J. Y. Miller, Playwright's Progress: O'Neill and the Critics, Glenville, Ill., 1965
- D. V. K. Ragharacharyulu, Eugene O'Neill: A Study, New York, 1965
- J. H. Raleigh, The Plays of Eugene O'Neill, Carbondale, Ill., 1965
- O. Coolidge, Eugene O'Neill, Scribner, New York, 1966
- W. D. Frager, Love as Death in "The Iceman Cometh", Gainesville, Fla., 1967
- C. C. Long, Role of Nemesis in the Structure of Selected Plays by Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1968
- L. Sheaffer, O'Neill: Son and Playwright, Boston, 1968
- Twentieth Century Interpretations of "The Iceman Cometh," ed. by J. Raleigh, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1968
- T. Tivsanen, O'Neill's Scenic Images, Princeton, N.J., 1968
- An O'Neill Concordance, comp. by J. R. Reaver, 3 vols., Detroit, 1971
- J. Bryer, The Merrill Checklist of Eugene O'Neill, Columbus, O., 1971
- H. Frenz, Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1971
- T. Bogard, Contour in Time: The Plays of Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1972
- J. M. Salem, "Eugene O'Neill," A Guide to Critical ReviewsPart 1: American Drama 1909-1969, 2d ed., Metuchen, N.J., 1973, pp. 348-372
- L. Sheaffer, O'Neill: Son and Artist, Boston, 1973
- J. M. Atkinson, Eugene O'Neill: A Descriptive Bibliography, Pittsburgh, 1974
- L. Chabrowe, Ritual and Pathos: The Theatre of O'Neill, London, 1976
- H. Cronin, Eugene O'Neill: Irish and American, New York, 1976
- E. Griffin, ed., Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1976
- J. T. Shipley, The Art of Eugene O'Neill, Philadelphia 1977
- V. Geddes, The Melodramadness of Eugene O'Neill, Philadelphia, 1978