Composers and their stage works 

Eugene (Gladstone) O'Neill

Born New York City October 18, 1888; died Boston November 27, 1953

Stage Works

Unless otherwise indicated, the plays were first performed in New York.

  1. A Wife for Life. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1958.
  2. Thirst. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914. Produced Provincetown, Mass., Wharf Theatre, summer, 1916.
  3. The Web. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914.
  4. Warnings. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914.
  5. Fog. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Jan. 5, 1917.
  6. Recklessness. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1914.
  7. Bound East for Cardiff. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 3, 1916.
  8. Servitude. Play, 3 acts. Written 1913/14. Published 1958. Produced Skylark Theatre, New York International Airport, Apr. 23, 1960.
  9. Abortion. Play, 1 act. Written 1913/14. Published 1958.
  10. The Sniper. Play, 1 act. Written 1915. Published 1958. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Feb. 16, 1917.
  11. Before Breakfast. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1916. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Dec. 1, 1916.
  12. The Movie Man. Comedy, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1958.
  13. 'Ile. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 30, 1917.
  14. In the Zone. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Comedy Theatre, Oct. 31, 1917.
  15. The Long Voyage Home. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 2, 1917.
  16. The Moon of the Caribbees. Play, 1 act. Written 1916. Published 1919. Produced Dec. 20, 1918.
  17. The Rope. Play, 1 act. Written 1918. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Apr. 26, 1918.
  18. The Dreamy Kid. Play, 1 act. Written 1918. Published 1920. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Oct. 31, 1919.
  19. Beyond the Horizon. Play, 3 acts. Written 1918. Published 1921. Produced Morosco Theatre, Feb. 2, 1920.
  20. Where the Cross Is Made. Play, 1 act. Written 1918. Published 1919. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 22, 1918.
  21. The Straw. Play, 3 acts. Written 1919. Published 1921. Produced Greenwich Village Theatre, Nov. 10, 1921.
  22. Gold. Play, 4 acts. Written 1920. Published 1920. Produced Frazee Theatre, Jan. 1, 1921.
  23. Anna Christie. Play, 4 acts. Written 1920. Published 1923. Produced Vanderbilt Theatre, Nov. 10, 1921. Earlier version: Chris Christopherson. Written 1919. Produced Atlantic City, N.J., Mar. 8, 1920.
  24. The Emperor Jones. Play, 8 scenes. Written 1920. Published 1921. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Nov. 3, 1920.
  25. Diff'rent. Play, 2 acts. Written 1920. Published 1921. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Dec. 27, 1920.
  26. The First Man. Play, 4 acts. Written 1921. Published 1923. Produced Neighborhood Playhouse, Mar. 4, 1922.
  27. The Hairy Ape. Comedy of ancient and modern life, 8 scenes. Written 1921. Published 1923. Produced Playwrights' Theatre, Mar. 9, 1922.
  28. The Fountain. Play, 11 scenes. Written 1922. Published 1926. Produced Greenwich Village Theatre, Dec. 10, 1925.
  29. Welded. Play, 3 acts. Written 1923. Produced Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, Mar. 17, 1924.
  30. All God's Chillun Got Wings. Play, 2 acts. Written 1923. Published 1924. Produced Provincetown Playhouse, May 15, 1924.
  31. Desire under the Elms. Play, 3 parts. Written 1924. Published 1925. Produced Greenwich Village Theatre, Nov. 11, 1924.
  32. Marco Millions. Play, prologue, 3 acts, and epilogue. Written 1925. Published 1927. Produced Guild Theatre, Jan. 9, 1928.
  33. The Great God Brown. Play, prologue and 4 acts. Written 1925. Published 1926. Produced Greenwich Village Theatre, Jan. 23, 1926.
  34. Lazarus Laughed. Play, 4 acts. Written 1926. Published 1927. Produced Pasadena, Calif., Playhouse, Apr. 9, 1928.
  35. Strange Interlude. Play, 2 parts and 9 acts. Written 1927. Published 1928. Produced John Golden Theatre, Jan. 20, 1928.
  36. Dynamo. Play, 3 acts. Written 1928. Published 1929. Produced Martin Beck Theatre, Feb. 11, 1929.
  37. Mourning Becomes Electra. Trilogy: Homecoming, 4 acts; The Hunted, 5 acts; The Haunted, 4 acts. Written 1931. Published 1931. Produced Guild Theatre, Oct. 26, 1931.
  38. Ah, Wilderness! Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1932. Published 1933. Produced Guild Theatre, Oct. 2, 1933.
  39. Days Without End. Play, 4 acts. Written 1933. Published 1934. Produced Guild Theatre, Jan. 8, 1934.
  40. The Iceman Cometh. Play, 4 acts. Written 1939. Published 1946. Produced Martin Beck Theatre, Sept. 2, 1946.
  41. Long Day's Journey into Night. Play, 4 acts. Written 1941. Published 1955. Produced Helen Hayes Theatre, Nov. 7, 1956.
  42. A Touch of the Poet. Play, 4 acts. Written 1935-1942. Published 1957. Produced Helen Hayes Theatre, Oct. 2, 1958.
  43. Hughie. Play, 1 act. Written 1942. Published 1959. Produced Stockholm, 1958; New York, Royale Theatre, Dec. 22, 1964.
  44. A Moon for the Misbegotten. Play, 4 acts. Written 1943. Published 1958. Produced Bijou Theatre, May 2, 1957.
  45. More Stately Mansions. Play, 2 acts. Written 1953. Published 1964. Produced Broadhurst Theatre, Oct. 31, 1967. Shortened from the rough manuscript by K. R. Gierow and edited by D. Gallup.

CRITICISM

  1. R. Sanborn and B. H. Clark, A Bibliography of the Works of Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1931
  2. V. Geddes, The Melodramas of Eugene O'Neill: A Critical Study, Brookfield, Conn., 1934
  3. S. K. Winther, Eugene O'Neill: A Critical Study, New York, 1934
  4. R. D. Skinner, Eugene O'Neill: A Poet's Quest, New York, 1935
  5. B. H. Clark, Eugene O'Neill: The Man and His Plays, New York, 1947
  6. E. A. Engle, The Haunted Heroes of Eugene ONeill, Cambridge, Mass., 1953
  7. J. Y. Miller, A Critical Bibliography of Eugene O'Neill, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1957
  8. A. Boulton, Part of a Long Story, New York, 1958
  9. D. V. Falk, Eugene O'Neill and the Tragic Tension, New Brunswick, N.J., 1958
  10. C. Bowen and S. O'Neill, The Curse of the Misbegotten: A Tale of the House of O'Neill, New York, 1959
  11. O'Neill and His Plays: Four Decades of Criticism, ed. by O. Cargill, B. N. Fagan, and W. J. Fischer, New York, 1961
  12. D. Alexander, The Tempering of Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1962
  13. A. and B. Gelb, O'Neill, New York, 1962
  14. J. Y. Miller, Eugene O'Neill and the American Critic: A Summary and Bibliographical Checklist, New York, 1962, 2d ed. rev., 1973
  15. C. Leech, Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1963
  16. F. I. Carpenter, Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1964
  17. O'Neill: A Collection of Critical Essays, ed. by J. Gassner, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1964
  18. J. Gassner, Eugene O'Neill, Minneapolis, 1965
  19. J. Y. Miller, Playwright's Progress: O'Neill and the Critics, Glenville, Ill., 1965
  20. D. V. K. Ragharacharyulu, Eugene O'Neill: A Study, New York, 1965
  21. J. H. Raleigh, The Plays of Eugene O'Neill, Carbondale, Ill., 1965
  22. O. Coolidge, Eugene O'Neill, Scribner, New York, 1966
  23. W. D. Frager, Love as Death in "The Iceman Cometh", Gainesville, Fla., 1967
  24. C. C. Long, Role of Nemesis in the Structure of Selected Plays by Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1968
  25. L. Sheaffer, O'Neill: Son and Playwright, Boston, 1968
  26. Twentieth Century Interpretations of "The Iceman Cometh," ed. by J. Raleigh, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1968
  27. T. Tivsanen, O'Neill's Scenic Images, Princeton, N.J., 1968
  28. An O'Neill Concordance, comp. by J. R. Reaver, 3 vols., Detroit, 1971
  29. J. Bryer, The Merrill Checklist of Eugene O'Neill, Columbus, O., 1971
  30. H. Frenz, Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1971
  31. T. Bogard, Contour in Time: The Plays of Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1972
  32. J. M. Salem, "Eugene O'Neill," A Guide to Critical ReviewsPart 1: American Drama 1909-1969, 2d ed., Metuchen, N.J., 1973, pp. 348-372
  33. L. Sheaffer, O'Neill: Son and Artist, Boston, 1973
  34. J. M. Atkinson, Eugene O'Neill: A Descriptive Bibliography, Pittsburgh, 1974
  35. L. Chabrowe, Ritual and Pathos: The Theatre of O'Neill, London, 1976
  36. H. Cronin, Eugene O'Neill: Irish and American, New York, 1976
  37. E. Griffin, ed., Eugene O'Neill, New York, 1976
  38. J. T. Shipley, The Art of Eugene O'Neill, Philadelphia 1977
  39. V. Geddes, The Melodramadness of Eugene O'Neill, Philadelphia, 1978