Review: The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill, Volume 1
Eugene O'Neill is arguably one of the greatest American playwrights. He came of age when melodrama ruled the stage but the fact is he considered himself a poet. He didn't even like the theater as much as one may think. Perhaps that is because he was forced to sit through too many gaudy Saturday matinees of his father performing in The Count of Monte Cristo. This instilled in him a gross mistrust of an actor's ability…