Eugene O'Neill's Critics: Voiced from Abroad

461 Pages·1984·2.13 MB·English

by  Horst Frenz

Eugene O'Neill's Critics : Voices From
title:
Abroad
author: Frenz, Horst
publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin: 0809311437
print isbn13: 9780809311439
ebook isbn13: 9780585039596
language: English
O'Neill, Eugene,--1888-1953--Criticism and
subject
interpretation--Addresses, essays, lectures.
publication date: 1984
lcc: PS3529.N5Z638 1984eb
ddc: 812/.52
O'Neill, Eugene,--1888-1953--Criticism and
subject:
interpretation--Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Eugene O'Neill's Critics
Voices from Abroad
Edited by
Horst Frenz and Susan Tuck
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Carbondale and Edwardsville
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Copyright © 1984 by the Board of Trustees,
Southern Illinois University
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Edited by Dan Seiters
Designed by Design for Publishing, Bob Nance
Production supervised by John DeBacher
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Eugene O'Neill's critics.
Consists of 30 essays from 17 countries,
translated into English.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
I. O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953Criticism
and interpretationAddresses, essays, lec-
tures. I. Frenz, Horst, 1912- . II. Tuck,
Susan, 1947- .
PS3529.N5Z638 1984 812'.52 83-4705
ISBN 0-8093- 1143-7
COVER AND TITLE PAGE: Sketch of O'Neill by Alberto Delgado
Montejo, Repertorio
Americano: Semanario de cultura Hispánica. (Costa Rica). Vol. 33,
17 Feb. 1937.

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Contents
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Austria) 3
Dramaturgical Reflections (1922) 3
The Beggar and The Hairy Ape (1923) 9
Lennox Robinson (Ireland) 11
Beyond the Horizon Versus Gold (1924) 11
Frank Tetauer (Czechoslovakia) 16
Raw, Brutal Visions (1925) 16
The Tragic Wandering of a Great Dramatist (1954) 20
Richard Jennings (England) 25
Dramatist of Monomania (1925) 25
Erik Reger (Germany) 30
The Georg Kaiser of America (1929) 30
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Alexander Tairov (USSR) 33
Negr: Director's Notes (1930) 34
The Creative Work of Eugene O'Neill (1933-34) 41
Sean O'Casey (Ireland) 44
Three Tributes to O'Neill (1931, 1959, 1960) 45
Frederik Schyberg (Denmark) 49
American Tragedy of Fate (1933) 50
Dorothy Macardle (Ireland) 54
The Dual Nature of Man (1934) 54
Per Hallström (Sweden) 57
Nobel Prize Presentation (1936) 57
Maurice Le Breton (France) 64
Eugene O'Neill and The American Theatre (1939) 64
Eugenio Montale (Italy) 70
O'Neill and the Future of the Theatre (1943) 71
Gabriel Marcel (France) 74
Interpretations by a Philosopher (1947, 1957, 1967) 75
St. John Ervine (Ireland) 78
Counsels of Despair (1948) 79
Toshio Kimura (Japan) 91
O'Neill's "Whited Sepulchre" (1955) 92
Alfonso Sastre (Spain) 97
On the Death of Eugene O'Neill (1955) 97
León Mirlas (Argentina) 101
The Scope of O'Neill's Drama (1958) 101
Kenneth Tynan (England) 110
The Heights and the Depths (1958) 111
Massive Masterpiece (1958) 112
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Wojciech Natanson (Poland) 116
O'Neill's Comeback (1961) 116
B. Nagy László (Hungary) 122
The O'Neill Legend (1962) 122
Oscar Fritz Schuh (Germany) 134
O'Neill's Dramatic Work: His Image of Humanity 135
(1963)
Rudolf Haas (Germany) 141
A Literary-Historical Assessment of O'Neill (1968) 142
Alexander Anikst (USSR) 153
Preface to Russian Translations of O'Neill (1971) 153
Catherine Mounier (France) 163
Notes on the 1967 French Production of The Iceman 163
Cometh (1975)
An Min Hsia (Republic of China) 169
Cycle of Return: O'Neill and the Tao (1978) 169
Timo Tiusanen (Finland) 174
O'Neill and Wuolijoki: A Counter-Sketch to Electra 174
(1980)
Bibliography
I Selected Critical Studies, Bibliographies, and 185
Biographies of O'Neill
II O'Neill the International Playwright: Selected Books 187
and Articles
III O'Neill's Plays in Translation 200
Index 219
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Illustrations
Sketch of O'Neill by Alberto Delgado Montejo iii
Russian caricature of O'Neill by Usa Gombarg 12
Scene from All God's Chillun Got Wings 8
"Little Formless Fears," The Emperor Jones 27
The Hairy Ape, Kamerny Theatre, Moscow 42
The hairy ape finally "belongs." 47
Set for Desire Under the Elms 60
Scene from Desire Under the Elms 72
Scene from Desire Under the Elms 79
Scene from The Iceman Cometh 90
Scene from Desire in the Shade of the Elms 102
Scene from A Moon Shines for the Unhappy Ones 120
Polish premiere, After the Long Day the Night Is Falling 129
Scene from Long Voyage dans la Nuit 137
Scene from Mourning Becomes Electra 143
Scene from Anna Christie 159