Long Day's Journey into Night

Synopsis

Set in 1912. Following the Tyrone family through a mesmerising day and night, as they battle their demons, their pasts, and one another the play depicts the struggle for survival of each family member as they threaten to drift further into oblivion.

Our Review:

27 November 2000

At three and a half hours and two intervals, Eugene O Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night is something of an endurance test. But if you and your backside can tough it out, you won't be disappointed.

Considered one of America's greatest dramas, the text is revered on this side of the pond, too – in the National's recent survey of the most significant plays of the 20th century, Long Day's Journey into Night was voted in right up there at number five. And in this sensitive production directed by Robin Phillips, it more than matches up to its reputation as a masterpiece of modern theatre.

The story about the disintegration of a family is all the more poignant for its very non-fictional nature. Famously “written in tears and blood”, it is based on O'Neill's own youth, living in turn of the 20th century New England with his morphine-addicted mother, alcoholic elder brother and penny-pinching failed actor father. And so for the Tyrones read ...

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USER: Whatsonstage.com - 19 February 2001:

I did not know that Jessica Lange could really act. She was out standing.I have seen 20 shows in London since mid Nov. L D J I N was one of the best of them.The rest of the cast was very good. ...

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