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This first edition of "Long Day's Journey Into Night" is a semi-autobiographical play, written in 1939 and first published posthumously in 1956. The play opened on Broadway in November of that year and explores the struggles of the Tyrone family. The work deals with issues like addiction, illness, and familial conflict over the course of a single day in August 1912. It is considered one of O'Neill's greatest works and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1957. In 1962, Sidney Lumet directed the film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, and Dean Stockwell. It was a critical success, capturing the play's intense emotional depth. Hepburn's performance earned her an Academy Award nomination, and the film won Best Actor awards for Richardson and Robards at the Cannes Film Festival.

Eugene O’Neill (October 16, 1888-November 27, 1953) was a foremost American dramatist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. experimented with new dramatic techniques and dared tackle such controversial issues as interracial marriage, the equality of the sexes, the power of the unconscious mind, and the hold of materialism on the American soul. In each of his plays, he sought to reveal the mysterious forces “behind life” which shape human destiny.

This copy was owned by actor Michael J. Pollard.