Exorcism
by Eugene O'neill
Synopsis
Revolving around a suicide attempt, Exorcism draws on a dark incident in O’Neill’s own life.
This defining event led to his first serious efforts to write.
Exorcism displays early examples of O’Neill’s unparalleled skills of capturing deeply personal human drama, and it explores major themes—mourning and melancholia, addiction and sobriety, tensions between fathers and sons—that would permeate his later work.
Press Reviews
"Exorcism might be read as a preparatory sketch that resonates powerfully with Long Day’s Journey into Night, one that brings the O’Neill family drama full circle in ways at once intimate and grandly conceived."
— Louise Bernard, Yale Univeristy
Characters
| Character |
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Edward Malloy Ned’s father |
Jimmy his roommate |
Publication
Exorcism is a play written by Eugene O'neill and published by Samuel French (2013).
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Samuel French · 2013
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