Introduction -- Long Day's Journey Into Night
In the summer of 1939, at the age of 50, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill began work on what he called "a play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood," finally summoning the courage to write an autobiographical masterpiece that confronted the truth about his own family. GREAT PERFORMANCES is proud to present David Wellington's powerful new film adaptation of O'Neill's searing drama "Long Day's Journey Into Night," featuring shattering performances by William Hutt as James Tyrone, Martha Henry as his wife, Mary, Peter Donaldson as James Jr., and Tom McCamus as O'Neill's alter ego, Edmund.
In Behind the Scenes, writer Gerald Jonas interviews director David Wellington. In Meet the Artists, we review the life and career of Eugene O'Neill. Finally, we examine the play's parallels to Eugene O'Neill's life and family in A Look at the Work.
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