Eugene O'Neill's tale of Ephraim Cabot, greedy and hard like the stone walls that surround his farm, the family patriarch brings home his new young...
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Jun 01, 2009
Ann
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My favorite Bunuel is not one of his '70s surrealist films but his adaptation of Wuthering Heights from his time in Mexico during the '50s. The characters are entirely at the mercy of their passions, which run high and move them to actions which are irreversibly catastrophic. This play reminds me quite a lot of that film: the characters here are also very unlikable, flawed, and overly dramatic but that's what makes them compelling. I liked his description of Abbie Putnam's round face as "p
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Nov 07, 2007
Lydia
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If you want to work in American theater, you have to have read the big three: Williams, Miller and O'Neill. I held out for as long as I could on that last one. Oh my gosh, O'Neill is boring. Brilliant. But boring.
So, Desire. You see, there are these elm trees. And under them is a house. And in the house, people are hot for each other, or desire each other, if you will. Get it?
But seriously. I'd probably be all into this if I saw it. And after I left the theater, I'd complai More...
So, Desire. You see, there are these elm trees. And under them is a house. And in the house, people are hot for each other, or desire each other, if you will. Get it?
But seriously. I'd probably be all into this if I saw it. And after I left the theater, I'd complai More...
Jun 15, 2010
Allan
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O'Neill covers Phaedra and Medea . . . at the same time! Beautifully written, mid-19th century American transplantation of mythological classics. This exploration of lust and possession provides a quaint reading for the afternoon. A nice mix of the homey, kitchen-sink dramas of early American Realism and the terrorizing, psychological darkness of O'Neill's personal brand of expressionism.
Jun 30, 2010
Sachin
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A play depicting the initial instinct of almost all the humans in the world, the instinct of desiring; the instinct of commanding; the instinct of capturing; the instinct of ruling; the instinct of leading; the desire; the most basic cause of grief among humans. Here too, the desire dominates, and the rest are ignored and revolve around the theme of desire.
"Desire says the Buddha is the cause of the Grief,
But how do one escape this binding vine of Love"
"Desire says the Buddha is the cause of the Grief,
But how do one escape this binding vine of Love"
Dec 20, 2008
M
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okay I am a lover of Eugene O'Neill's works..I had the pleasure of being the stage manager in an off Broadway Production. It's inthe genre of Harper lee,and John Steinbeck such rich writing--and it was nice to give my husband at thetime the role of Sherriff in the off-off Broadway production.
May 20, 2011
Leigh
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Let's be honest: mostly, O'Neill is just a nutcase. I like him, but: nutcase.
Jul 10, 2007
علی
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A satiric play, full of movements, critic and also tragic,..
این نمایش نامه به نام هوس زیر درختان نارون به فارسی ترجمه شده است، توسط کدام مترجم؟ چه انتشاراتی؟ به خاطر ندارم. شاید هم بخاطر دیدن فیلمی هالیوودی که از روی این نمایش نامه ساختند و سال ها پیش در ایران هم نمایش داده شد، این تصور در ذهن من باقی مانده که نمایش نامه ترجمه شده است. More...
این نمایش نامه به نام هوس زیر درختان نارون به فارسی ترجمه شده است، توسط کدام مترجم؟ چه انتشاراتی؟ به خاطر ندارم. شاید هم بخاطر دیدن فیلمی هالیوودی که از روی این نمایش نامه ساختند و سال ها پیش در ایران هم نمایش داده شد، این تصور در ذهن من باقی مانده که نمایش نامه ترجمه شده است. More...
Aug 10, 2008
joey
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I cannot recommend O'Neill enough. This one, though, isn't one I would recommend starting with, necessarily. It seemed a bit more action than psychology, more plot than character, than has been my experience with O'Neill otherwise. Still, worthwhile reading.
First line. God! Purty!
Selected line. I want t' share with ye, Abbie--prison 'r death 'r hell 'r anythin'! If I'm sharin' with ye, I won't feel lonesome, leastways.
First line. God! Purty!
Selected line. I want t' share with ye, Abbie--prison 'r death 'r hell 'r anythin'! If I'm sharin' with ye, I won't feel lonesome, leastways.
Mar 15, 2008
Emily
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When I was twelve, I thought this was pretty good, but I've since seen the light. "Desire Under the Elms" is hilariously awful -- overheated to the point of rot. About a Southern patriarch whose young, sexy wife gets knocked up by his son. In the movie version, these roles are played by, respectively, Orson Welles, Sophia Loren, and Anthony Perkins. Yes, you read me right. No, I'm afraid it's not even a guilty pleasure.
Sep 24, 2009
Ayne
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Another masterful play by the renowned American author who works to place plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy in a modern setting. In a letter about his plays from this period, O’Neill stated that his aim was to “see the transfiguring nobility of tragedy, in as near the Greek sense as one can grasp it, in seemingly the most ignoble, debased lives.”
Jul 23, 2008
M.
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Love O'Neill. Do not love this play. It is a Phaedra-meets-Power-of-Darkness set in New England. The speech is even purposefully colloquial like Tolstoï's play. As a dramatist who steals shamelessly, I'm not knocking the theft: but when an excellent dramatist steals from another excellent dramatist, disappointment is just not something I expect.
Aug 30, 2009
Hanny
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This is the second shit-retarded play by O'Neill that I've read in a row. I can't imagine more literal dialogue or phony scenarios. Am I missing something? Which play should I check it if I want to understand how anybody could take him seriously?
May 06, 2011
Ann
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Found in Pb. "Eight Great Tragedies pg. 350
Also found in Hb. "Selected Plays of Eugene O'Neill
And Pb. Three plays by O"Neill
Also found in Hb. "Selected Plays of Eugene O'Neill
And Pb. Three plays by O"Neill
Mar 19, 2007
Rolls
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This is O'Neill's real take on Greek Tragedy. "Electra" is corny and forced in comparison.
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