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Encyclopedia > Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms is a play by Eugene O'Neill, published in 1924, and is now considered an American classic. Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (New York City, October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953 in Boston) was an American playwright. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Characters

Ephraim Cabot
Simeon
Peter - his sons
Eben
Abbie Putnam


Young Girl, Two Farmers, The Fiddler, A Sheriff, and other folk from the neighboring farms


The Film

In 1958 a film version of this play was directed by Delbert Mann and written by Eugene O'Neill and Irwin Shaw. The film had a cast that included Sophia Loren as Anna, Anthony Perkins as Eben , Burl Ives as Ephriam, Frank Overton as Simeon and Pernell Roberts who played Peter. The film was nominated for Best Black and White Cinematography in the Academy Awards and Laurel Awards in 1959. 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. ... Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (New York City, October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953 in Boston) was an American playwright. ... Irwin Shaw (né Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff, February 27, 1913 - May 16, 1984) was an American Jewish playwright, screen writer and author. ... Sophia Loren in 1955 Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is considered to be the most famous Italian actress of all time. ... Anthony Perkins Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 - September 12, 1992) was an American actor best known for his role as the serial killer Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho. ... Burl Ives, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was a successful folk singer, author and actor. ... Frank Overton (born March 12, 1918, Babylon, New York; died April 24, 1967) was an American actor who appeared in countless television programs during the early 1950s through the late 1960s. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...


References

  • http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks04/0400081h.html - The Play, Desire Under The Elms from Project Gutenberg of Australia.
  • http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/oneill.htm - Eugene (Gladstone) O'Neill (1888-1953)" Taken from Authors Calender written by Petri Liukkonen.
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051534/ - Desire Under The Elms (1958) Internet Movie Database

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'Desire Under the Elms': Eugene O'Neill's Latest Play (528 words)
"Desire Under the Elms" is essentially a story of solitude, physical solitude, the solitude of the land, of men's dreams, of love, of life.
To prove to him that it was the love of him and not the desire for the farm that had driven her to him, she kills the child.
The end of a New England farmhouse with its overhanging elms was for all practical purposes built there on the stage, with a wall of actual stone coming down to the footlights; a scene that was realistic but at the same time strangely and powerfully heightened in effect.
Contour in Time - The Triumvirate (1): Desire Under the Elms (9559 words)
Desire Under the Elms follows in its general pattern that of the American folk drama as it was developed in the 1920’s for popular commercial consumption.
Jeeter’s only desire is to die as he lived on the land, and there is a moment at the end when he runs the soil through his fingers that suggests at least the possibility of benison in the earth.
In Desire Under the Elms, the conflict between the hard and—in Ephraim’s term—easy Gods, the former associated with Ephraim’s ascetic Puritanism and essentially masculine strength, the latter associated with Abbie and the fertility of the farm, is the thematic center of the play.
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