Magnum Opus: The Cycle Plays of Eugene O’Neill

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An original and provocative analysis of Eugene O'Neill's unfinished cycle play project From 1935 to 1939, Eugene O’Neill worked on a series of plays that would trace the history of an American family through several generations. He completed just two of the proposed eleven plays—A Touch of the Poet and More Stately Mansions—which Zander Brietzke argues represent the core of the entire cycle. Combining archival research, literary analysis, and theatrical imagination, Magnum Opus invites an audience to see this unusual and exciting epic as a historical drama of our time. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Eight Hundred Million Notes and but Two Plays Done CHAPTER ONE: From Spithead to Tao House CHAPTER TWO: Løvborg’s Lost Manuscript CHAPTER THREE: The Remainder in the Middle CHAPTER FOUR: Sara Melody and the American Dream CHAPTER FIVE: Climbing the Harford Family Tree CHAPTER SIX: Stripped Stark Naked CHAPTER SEVEN: Beyond the Threshold CHAPTER EIGHT: The Glencairn Template The Eleven-Play Lineup: “A Tale of Possessors Self-Dispossessed” Chronology of the Cycle Notes Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y