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Long day's journey into night

1966110 pagesRoyal National Theatre/Nick Hern Books

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Step into the suffocating world of the Tyrone family over the course of a single, agonizing day. As addiction and regret consume them, long-buried resentments and harsh truths surface. This powerful drama explores the destructive bonds of family and the devastating consequences of choices made.

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Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature. His plays are among the first to introduce into American drama the techniques of realism, associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. His plays were among the first to include speeches in American vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society, engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and as...

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James TyroneProtagonist
Jamie TyroneProtagonist

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