Eugene O'Neill

Broschiertes Buch

Beyond The Horizon

Beschreibung

A storm of dreams and disillusionment, Beyond The Horizon returns as a luminous, unmistakable voice from the American stage. A haunting exploration of ambition, loyalty and compromise, it grips the heart while surveying the limits of what one generation will endure for a brighter tomorrow. This stage play drama maps a family's unraveling against the windswept New England coast, placing classic American drama on a rocky shore where moral ambition collapses under pressure. Its sharp, piercing insights into family conflict tragedy feel both intimate and universally relatable, making it a powerful choice for drama classroom study and for new theatre students seeking a master class in character, motive and consequence. The play's enduring influence-often cited in the lineage from Eugene O'Neill to later writers such as Arthur Miller-marks it as a foundational piece in American literary history. Alpha Editions' edition is more than a reprint; it is a restored, culturally significant artefact for today's readers and future generations. Out of print for decades, it re-emerges as a collector's item and a cultural treasure, inviting both casual readers and classic-literature collectors to witness a pivotal voice in 1920s America. Brace for a humane, razor-edged drama that remains profoundly relevant to contemporary life, in a voice unmistakably aligned with the American stage drama tradition and the rhythm of Eugene O'Neill style.

Autor

Eugene O'Neill was an American dramatist. His poetically themed plays were among the first in the United States to use realism drama techniques, which had previously been associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The tragedy Long Day's Journey into Night, along with Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, is frequently featured in lists of the best American plays of the twentieth century. He received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature. O'Neill is the only author to have won four Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. O'Neill's plays were among the first to feature talks in American English vernacular and characters from the margins of society. They try to retain their ambitions and objectives, but eventually succumb to disillusionment and despair. Only one of his few comedies has received widespread recognition. Almost all of his other plays contain some element of sorrow and personal pessimism. O'Neill was born on October 16, 1888, in the Barrett House hotel at Broadway and 43rd Street, in what was then Longacre Square (now Times Square), New York City. A commemorative plaque was first installed there in 1957. The location is presently filled by 1500 Broadway, which contains offices, retail, and the ABC Studios.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 78
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 128g
• ISBN-13: 9789354844669
• ISBN-10: 9354844669
• Artikelnr.: 62414213