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16%OFFEugene O´neill - Strange Interlude - 9781854591036 - V9781854591036
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Strange Interlude

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Description for Strange Interlude Paperback. One of a series of plays by the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist, this was first staged in 1928. The play incorporates a "stream-of-consciousness" technique, numerous asides to express the unspoken thoughts of the characters, and draws on contemporary psychology. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.

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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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
167
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Number of Pages
187
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854591036
SKU
V9781854591036
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About Eugene O´neill
Eugene O'Neill was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and at the time of his death in 1951 had written over twenty plays.

Reviews for Strange Interlude
'Will strike viewers with its modernity... often startingly funny as well as touching... wonderfully gripping'
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

Goodreads reviews for Strange Interlude


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