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尤金·奥尼尔(O’Neill,1888—1953)被称为美国现代戏剧之父,1936年获得诺贝尔文学奖,是20世纪唯一获得该项奖的美国剧作家。《进入黑夜的漫长旅途》(Long Day’s Journey into Night)是奥尼尔晚期的一部巅峰之作:它不仅为作者赢得了第四次普利策奖,还引发了美国戏剧界的第二次奥尼尔研究高潮。弗吉尼亚·弗洛伊德(Virginia Floyd)曾宣称此剧是“奥尼尔和美国戏剧的最高成就”。在这部剧作中,奥尼尔运用了非凡的观察力和技巧,拉开了自己家庭隐私的帷幕,震撼人心。他1941年在定稿扉页上写给
Known as the father of modern American drama, O’Neill (1888-1953) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936 and was the only American playwright to receive the award in the 20th century. Long Day’s Journey into Night is a culmination of one of O’Neal’s late years: it not only won the fourth Pulitzer Prize for the author but also triggered the second O’Neill study in the American theater industry climax. Virginia Floyd once called the show “the highest achievement of O’Neill and the American drama.” In this play, O’Neill uses extraordinary observation and skill to unravel the privacy of her family and excite people. He wrote in 1941 the title page