Book 1989
Long day's journey into night
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- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Drama
- American Authors
- Biography
- Problem families
- dsyfunctional families
- morphine habit
- Theatre
- Irish American families
Depicts a day in the life of a family deteriorating from alcoholism, drug addiction, and imminent death. Ageing actor, James Tyrone, has abandoned all hope of being a great performer and has settled for being a hack. His bitter wife, Mary, has slipped into morphine addiction, while his eldest son, Jamie, is a drunk. Jamie is envious of the writing talent of his younger brother, Edmund. These four haunted lives clash.