… very long day’s journey …
Long Day’s Journey Into Night has a particular importance and glamour as an autobiographical work by one of America’s greatest playwrights, with the Tyrone family in the play being drawn from Eugene O’Neill’s memories of his own family. While often called a masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey is a wordy and repetitive play. For the psychological infighting, love-hate interactions and deceptions to remain compelling for the play’s 3 ¾ hours running time, it needs great actors with psychological depth. Jessica Lange is effective as the mother but the three male actors are disappointing.