Eugene O'Neill's most exciting experiments with stage direction and
design took place in his plays produced between 1920 and 1934. The
impact of these experiments on American theater and drama was
enormous, and in this book Ronald H. Wainscott critically examines
the staging of these innovative works. Beginning with the first
professional production of a new O'Neill play, Beyond the Horizon,
and concluding with Days Without End, Wainscott recreates the
initial performances of twenty-two works, including The Emperor
Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape, and Mourning Becomes Electra.
Using a wide range of unpublished material including prompt books,
ground plans, design elevations, publicity materials, letters, and
manuscript notes, Wainscott provides fascinating details about the
production of these plays. He discusses their preproduction
histories; how the actors, designers, directors, and theaters were
selected; the design of plays, including set, costumes, lighting,
music, and sound; the director's work; the acting; and the critical
response. He analyzes how the various artists approached stage
composition and use of the performance space, as well as techniques
and devices such as masks, sound effects, music, simultaneous
settings, internal monologues, and split characterizations.
Revealing a great deal about O'Neill's relationships with
directors-most notably Robert Edmond Jones and Philip
Moeller-Wainscott demonstrates that the era was a maturation period
not only for American playwriting but also for American directing
and design. "A wonderful book, the best of the recent studies of
O'Neill and a remarkable work of theater history. What Wainscott
has to tell is important not only to those generally interested in
O'Neill and in theater history, but to actors, designers, and
directors as well." -Travis Bogard, University of California,
Berkeley
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