O'Neill Since World War II: Critical Reception In New York

Abstract

SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II, O'Neill thoroughly consolidated his position as America's foremost dramatist. The long hiatus which followed the production of Days Without End (1934) ended with the opening of The Iceman Cometh in 1946. Since that year not only have most of the works of his later period been presented, but also most of the significant works of his middle and early periods. Furthermore, some of his plays have been transferred to the musical and operatic stage, as well as to the media of the motion pictures and television.