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Three Plays: Desire Under The Elms, Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra
These three plays exemplify Eugene O'Neil's ability to explore the limits of the human predicament, even as he sounds the depths of his audiences'...more
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Desire Under the Elms is the weakest of the bunch, but still very good. Strange Interlude is literally like watching someone for their entire adult life. A little creepy, but still well done. Mourning becomes Electra takes everything that makes the old Greek dramas epic and transplants it into the American south. Overall, a very good collection of plays.
I really, really don't like this period in O'Neill's writing. 'Strange Interlude' in particular really annoyed me as I read -- the Freud is laid on with a particularly heavy trowel. I get how 'Desire under the Elms' could be terrific onstage, though.
Eugene O'Neill is my favorite playwright aside from Shakespeare, he has written many plays all of which are sad and depressing. He wrote one comedy in his lifetime and that isn't even funny......all three of these plays are good...read it urself to find out why
mourning becomes electra= fast paced read. great book! twisted incestuous plot that will drive you mad. much irony in the play, and a family curse that goes around and comes around. not for the squeemish. longggg play, unless you're a speed reader. some big vocabulary words that contribute meaning to mourning's progression. Vinny is an implausible character and trust me the plot does seem...more
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