Strange Interlude
Eugene O´neill
A controversial work of extraordinary power, remarkable length (9 acts), and use of asides to express the characters' unspoken thoughts. An outstanding, somewhat Freudian play from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.
Nina Leeds is a mercurial woman, haunted and broken by the death of her fiancé Gordon Shaw in the First World War – after her father had convinced him to postpone the marriage until his safe return. Always searching for the ever-elusive happiness Shaw gave her, she flirts with the feelings of the various men in her life: her friend Charles Marsden, deeply in love ... Read more
Eugene O'Neill's play Strange Interlude opened on Broadway in January 1928, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
This edition includes a full introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.
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Reviews for Strange Interlude
Telegraph
'Shines with quiet magnificence'
Evening Standard
'Epic, heartbreaking... has a deliciously waspish sense of humour'
Time Out
'Remains an important text... full of theatrical excitement'
Independent
'[A] great play... holds its own with the very best ... Read more