CMU School of Drama


Thursday, May 03, 2007

Eugene O'Neill's America

The Chronicle: "'I'm teaching a course on O'Neill at Sing Sing.' Sing Sing? The notorious jail? Why would prisoners be interested in a playwright? 'Every convict is convinced that he comes from a dysfunctional family. They all see themselves as victims of a loveless environment of indifference and deprivation.'

So I was told by Stephen Kennedy Murphy, the recipient of a grant to direct readings of each and every one of O'Neill's works at Greenwich Village's Provincetown Playhouse, an institution affiliated with New York University."

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