| Long Day's Journey Into Night |
1941
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(From top, clockwise) Frederic
March, Jason Robards, and Bradford Dillman inLong Day's Journey Into Night,
1956.
"This
play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood."
-From the dedication to Carlotta
O'Neill
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At Tao House, Eugene O'Neill finally wrote the
plays he had been germinating for years, tapping painful memories and working
them into compelling theatre. It meant reopening old wounds. Carlotta O'Neill
remembered her husband emerging from his study red-eyed and gaunt after
working on Long Day's Journey into Night. His remark that "There
are moments [in The Iceman Cometh] ... that suddenly strip the secret
soul of a man stark naked ..." reflected his own need to forgive and ask
forgiveness. The five plays that O'Neill wrote at Tao House include the
life studies generally regarded as his fienst achievement, works of profound
compassion, elegies of pity and absolution.
The Eugene O'Neill Foundation,
Tao House was created in 1974 toacquire a preserve the historic residence.
The foundation is responsible for conducting artistic programs at the site.
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