Sophomore Lit

143: Long Day's Journey Into Night

May 12, 2023

49:40

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Eugene O'Neill: A Playwright's Journey

5min

O'Neill's Memoir

4min

The Conflict of a Play

2min

The Regression of Mary Ocel

3min

Tyrone O'Neill: A Self-Made Man

3min

Tyrone and O'Neill

2min

O'Neill's Long Stage Directions

3min

Eugene O'Neill's Family

3min

10.

O'Neill's Calling Out in the Stage Direction

2min

11.

The Irish Catholicism and the Health Crisis

2min

12.

The Importance of Specificity in Fiction

4min

13.

The Dark Heart of a Family Falling Apart

5min

14.

Katherine Hepburn's Traders

3min

15.

Eugene O'Neill's the Father

3min

16.

Eugene O'Neill: A Fiend's Guide to Writing

4min

I don’t care how long this day’s journey has been, so help me I will turn this car around if you kids don’t stop. Kris Markel discusses Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night(written 1941, published 1956).

John McCoy with Kris Markel

Referenced Works

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Show Notes & Links

The Complete and Condenses Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill, vol. 1

This clip dramatizes the stage directions for Long Day’s Journey into Night Act 2, Scene 1.

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