Eugene O'Neill, Nobel Prize Winner: Plays and Life

Fall (9 - 13 hours) | This course is completed

10 Hilton Field Road Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Pond Room

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10/12/2017-11/16/2017

9:00 AM-11:00 AM EDT on Th

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$60.00

6 sessions, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
October 12 through November 16, 2017
DOC House - Hanover, NH
Course Fee: $60

Eugene O’Neill was a prolific playwright and four-time Pulitzer Prize winner. In his plays he used his own experience, blended with a deep understanding and compassion for human frailty. O’Neill blends reality with classical themes of error and redemption. He has created a body of work that is deeply meaningful and extraordinary in its theatrical merit.

The class will read in their entirety three representative plays by O’Neill: Long Days Journey into Night (1957), The Iceman Cometh (1946), and Anna Christie (1920). We will read selections from other plays by O’Neill and place them in the context of his life and dramatic themes. We will watch parts of Long Days Journey... on DVD for the last class session. The format of the class will be lecture and discussion of the plays we read.

  • There will be suggested textbooks for this course.
Edwards, Judith

JUDITH EDWARDS explored CCC camps in Vermont and several other states. She wrote a trilogy, published by Images From The Past, for young people based on Ascutney Mountain and other nearby camps. Judith has done presentations for the Vermont Historical Society and other such venues. Judy is a study leader at OSHER@Dartmouth on history and literature subjects. An assistant professor of Theater at Johnson State College and Florida International University, she also taught writing courses at Hofstra and Emma Willard. The books of the trilogy have been chosen as the first ever recorded books by the Vermont Library for the Blind and Disabled.