FIRSTS Magazine, January, 2011, Volume 21, Number 1 (Eugene O'Neill)

Robin H. Smiley, 2011. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. January 2011, Volume 21, Number 1 and Twentieth Anniversary issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue dedicated entirely to America's Great Playwright, Eugene O'Neill, including an in-depth and excellent article by Bill Hanrahan. As quoted in the article, "Eugene O'Neill not only wrote great plays... he changed the American stage. It is often said that before O'Neill, America had theater; after O'Neill, it had drama. In American theater he stands alone, blazing the path for later playwrights such as Arthur Miller, Edward Albee and Tennessee Williams." A checklist of first editions, first separate editions and limited editions of major books included. Also included is issue is an article written by FIRSTS publisher Robin H. Smiley on eight of O'Neill's plays, three of which won Pulitzer Prizes for Drama and seven made into major motion pictures. Of special note is an article on O'Neill's The Ice Man Cometh and Long Day's Journey Into Night. Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. 56 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.