Within little more than three years of the opening of his first successful play on Broadway, Eugene O'Neill endured the deaths of his father, mother, and brother. These devastating losses plunged the young playwright into a period of guilt and profound mourning that consumed two decades of his life. In this enlightening critical biography, deeply informed by the insights of psychoanalysis, Stephen Black presents a new understanding of Eugene O'Neill's life (1888-1953), from his troubled childhood and adolescence through a glacially slow period of mourning for his family to his ultimate...
Within little more than three years of the opening of his first successful play on Broadway, Eugene O'Neill endured the deaths of his father, mother, ...
Eugene O'Neill Society Stephen A. Black Zander Brietzke
Jason Robards is particularly remembered for having created on Broadway central roles in the later plays of Eugene O'Neill. He also won consecutive Oscars as best supporting actor for the films All the President's Men (1977) and Julia (1978). This tribute honors Robards in two parts. Part One presents interviews of and essays about the late actor. Part Two contains more personal recollections. Also included are particularly fine obituary and memorial notices by Kevin Spacey, Joe Morgenstern, and Charles Saydah, and a tribute by Jason Robards' colleagues at The Roundabout Theatre.
Jason Robards is particularly remembered for having created on Broadway central roles in the later plays of Eugene O'Neill. He also won consecutive Os...
