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The Reader’s Notebook: Eugene O'Neill

Published October 17, 2024 at 9:09 AM EDT
Author and playwright Eugene O'Neill in the library of his New York Home.
Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
Author and playwright Eugene O'Neill in the library of his New York Home.

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier associated with Chekhov, Ibsen, and Strindberg.