Eugene O'Neill drew on the tragic events of his dysfunctional family's life to produce some of the most powerful dramas of the American ... his mother, Ella O'Neill, became addicted to morphine.

Eugene O’Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep ...

By the fateful summer of 1903, Eugene had come to understand that his mother was severely addicted to morphine. Overcome with anguish about his mother’s condition, furious at his father for ...

In a tragic life that spawned works of astounding tragedy, Eugene O'Neill's dedication to extolling the darkest depths of truth came at significant personal cost, a fact Ric Burns' startlingly ...

By 1924, O’Neill had married his second wife, Agnes, the mother of his other children, Shane and Oona. He had also become the last surviving member of his own family.

Review: Eugene O'Neill's Penetrating, Heartbreaking LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT at American Stage ... "If your mother had prayed, too--She hasn't denied her faith, ...

The Gelbs return to O’Neill again to pursue the angle announced by the book’s title. In “By Women Possessed” we find O’Neill bedeviled by his morphine-riddled mother, Ella, and ...