By Women Possessed

✍ Scribed by Gelb, Arthur;O'Neill, Eugene

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

By Women Possessed It wasn't until after his death that his widow, the keeper of the flame, began a fierce and successful campaign to restore his reputation. The result is that today, just over 125 years after his birth, O'Neill is a towering presence in the theater, his work--always in performance here and abroad--still electrifying audiences. Perhaps of equal importance, he is the acknowledged father of modern American theater, the man who paved the way for the likes of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and a host of others. But, as Williams has said, at a cost: "O'Neill gave birth to the American theater and died for it. "From the Hardcover edition.

✦ Subjects

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary;DRAMA--American;Dramatists, American;Dramatists, American--20th century;Relations with women;Biography;Electronic books;Biographies;O'Neill, Eugene, -- 1888-1953;O'Neill, Eugene, -- 1888-1953 -- Relations with women;Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary;DRAMA -- American