Long Day's Journey Into Night: Critical Edition [Paperback]

Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical playLong Day’s Journey into Nightis regarded as his masterpiece and a classic of American drama. With this new edition, at last it has the critical edition that it deserves. William Davies King provides students and theater artists with an invaluable guide to the text, including an essay on historical and critical perspectives; glosses of literary allusions and quotations; notes on the performance history; an annotated bibliography; and illustrations.
 
This is a worthy new edition, one that I'm sure will appeal to many students and teachers. William Davies King provides a thoughtful introductionto Long Day's Journey into Night—equally sensitive to the most particular and most encompassing of the play's materials. —Marc Robinson

"With its meticulous attention to detail and fresh examination of O’Neill’s masterwork, William Davies King’s new critical edition ofLong Day’s Journey Into Nightis an essential resource for theater artists and scholars alike."— Robert Falls, Artistic Director, Goodman Theatre

"William Davies King’s critical edition is a welcome contribution to the study of a seminal American dramatist."—Donald Margulies

William Davies King has provided literary analyses, historical background, elucidations of passages in the text, and an annotated bibliography of reference sources, all of which will be invaluable for those studying, teaching, or performing O'Neill's masterpiece. Jackson R. Bryer, co-editor,The Selected Letters of Eugene O'Neill

This is a worthy new edition, one that I'm sure will appeal to many students and teachers. William Davies King provides a thoughtful introduction toLong Day's Journey Into Nightequally sensitive to the most particular and most encompassing of the play's materials. Marc Rol3ã