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Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

was a very talented man and was very
fortunate in having the writing skill he did. Eugene was a man of the
theater, he was born in it, lived in it, worked in it and wrote in it.
(Henry, “Eugene O'Neill”, p.157.) O'Neill is referred to as the most
important twentieth century writer, not because he was the first american
playwright but because of the influence of his work on the development of
the american theater and on other writers. O'Neill said “The theater to
me is life- the substance and Interpretation of life............. [And]
life is struggle, often, if not usually, unsuccessful struggle.” (Henry, “
Eugene O'Neill”, p.157.) O'Neill has achieved an ...

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the Mount Vincent Catholic
Boarding School between the years 1895 and 1900. After leaving Mount
Vincent Eugene attended Bett's Academy in Stanford Connecticut from 1900 to
1906. In 1906 Eugene was accepted to Princeton University but before
completing one year he got expelled.
After getting expelled from Princeton he spent 5 or 6 years as a
drifter and a sailor traveling on journeys to the Honduras, South America
and Europe. (Strecker,“Eugene O'Neill”,p.1535.)By 1912 O'Neill had been a
gold prospector, a seaman and was a regular at many New York Cities flop
houses. While he was on one of his expeditions as a seaman he developed the
disease Tuberculosis which put him in the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium on
December 24, 1912. This little experience with the hospital and the disease
was the most important turning point in his life. While he was in the
hospital he read a lot of modern drama and was inspired to become a
playwright. After he recovered from Tuberculosis he studied ...

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Added: 12/29/2004 09:20:41 AM
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 736
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