Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Date: Thursday and Friday 10th & 11th October
8pm St. Michael’s Theatre Ticket: €22.50

By Eugene O’Neill, directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes, artistic director Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House

A son’s looming health diagnosis and mother’s drug addiction hang over the heads of the Tyrone family. Sparks fly as one by one members of the family bring painful revelations to light. The four wounded Tyrones must confront the powerful and contradictory feelings they have for each other. Loyalty and love are put to the test in this tale of survival. Long Day’s Journey Into Night is considered by many to be the greatest American tragedy ever written.

Eugene O’Neill’s deeply autobiographical and Pulitzer Prize-winning Long Day’s Journey Into Night premiered in Sweden, where his works proved very popular. In November 1956, the play opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre starring Fredric March, Florence Eldridge and Jason Robards, Jr. It won the Tony Award for Best Play, New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play and saw O’Neill awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the fourth time.

The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, was established in 1974 for the purposes of acquiring O’Neill’s former residence in Danville, California and establishing it as a historic monument. Since then the foundation has devoted itself to developing the site into a center that promotes the vision and legacy of America’s first great playwright, Eugene O’Neill, through numerous educational, artistic, and research programs. The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, under the leadership of Eric Fraisher Hayes, has become the leading producer of the plays of Eugene O’Neill in the United States.