One long day's journey into the night

One long day's journey into night (English original title: Long Day's Journey into Night ) is a play ( 1956 ) by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill , which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Theater and the Tony Award in 1957. It was translated by Michael Walter .

action

The play describes the time between morning and midnight one day in 1912 and shows the life and suffering of the American Tyrone family, who are shattered by self-imposed compulsions and unfulfilled and repressed dreams.

Stingy father James Tyrone, his morphine addicted wife Mary, drinking son Jamie and sick son Edmund are related in love-hate relationship. The egocentric main characters are unable to break free from the web of mutual dependencies. Only Edmund finds his way out of the vicious circle of mutual blame at the end of the piece.

Eugene O'Neill said the play was written with "blood and tears born of early pain."

filming

• 1962: Long Day's Journey into Night - Directed by Sidney Lumet , with Katharine Hepburn , Ralph Richardson , Jason Robards , Dean Stockwell , Jeanne Barr
• 1971: One long day's journey into the night (TV play) - Director: Peter Beauvais , with Martin Held , Eva Katharina Schultz , András Fricsay , Gerd Böckmann , Gwendolyn von Ambesser

Radio plays

• 1975: One long day's journey into the night - director: Klaus Gmeiner , with Paul Hoffmann , Elfriede Kuzmany , Klausjürgen Wussow , Gerd Böckmann , Isolde Stiegler - production: ORF , length: 77 minutes (stereo)
• 1976: One long day's journey into the night - director: Urs Helmensdorfer , with Bernhard Minetti , Brigitte Horney , Horst-Christian Beckmann , Mathieu Carrière - production: DRS , length: 106 min. (Stereo)