"In 1946, a literary statistician ascertained that, in the world of O'Neill plays, there had been 12 murders, eight suicides, 22 other deaths and seven cases of insanity"
To read the attached biographical essay is to understand that O'Neill did not become America's premiere tragedian by simply reading about the disasters in the lives of others; his entire life was a tragedy. In his wake were alcoholic, suicidal children and numerous unloved wives.
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