Long Day’s Journey into Night

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autobiographical drama play tragedy

Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autobiographical drama → play → tragedy →
adaptedAs	1962 film adaptation →
author	Eugene O’Neill →
awarded	Pulitzer Prize for Drama →
awardYear	1957 →
basedOn	Eugene O’Neill’s own family →
broadwayPremiereDate	1956 →
broadwayPremierePlace	Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City →
completedInYear	1942 →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
featuresCharacter	Cathleen → Edmund Tyrone → James Tyrone → Jamie Tyrone → Mary Tyrone →
filmAdaptationDirector	Sidney Lumet →
filmAdaptationStar	Dean Stockwell → Jason Robards → Katharine Hepburn → Ralph Richardson →
firstPerformanceDate	1956 →
firstPerformancePlace	Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm →
firstPublished	1956 →
genre	drama → family drama → tragedy →
notableRevival	1986 Broadway revival starring Jack Lemmon → 2003 Broadway revival starring Brian Dennehy and Vanessa Redgrave →
originalLanguage	English →
settingPlace	Connecticut → Tyrone family summer home →
settingTime	one day →
structure	four acts →
subject	addiction → dysfunctional family → family conflict → illness → regret →
theme	addiction to morphine → alcoholism → denial → family secrets → guilt → the past’s influence on the present →
timeSpanInPlot	single day →
writer	Eugene O’Neill →
writtenInYear	1941 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alison Steadman ("Long Day's Journey into Night (stage)") → Brian Dennehy ("Long Day's Journey into Night") → Claire Bloom → Eugene O'Neill ("Long Day's Journey Into Night") → Jason Robards ("Long Day’s Journey Into Night") → Jessica Lange ("Long Day's Journey into Night (stage production)") →	notableWork
Eugene O'Neill ("Long Day's Journey Into Night") →	hasSignatureWork
The Iceman Cometh →	relatedWork
Jason Robards ("Long Day’s Journey Into Night") →	tonyAwardForBestActorInAPlayWork