Beyond the Horizon, by Eugene O'Neill
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Beyond the Horizon is a 1920 play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. It was O'Neill's first full-length work, and the winner of the 1920 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play focuses on the portrait of a family, and particularly two brothers Andrew and Robert.
Beyond the Horizon, by Eugene O'Neill- Amazon Sales Rank: #9272186 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .30" w x 6.00" l, .41 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 132 pages
From the Back Cover Widely regarded as America's greatest dramatist, Eugene O'Neill introduced innovative dramatic techniques, probed the inner psychological states of his characters and used language and symbolism to create plays of remarkable depth and power.Originally presented in 1920, Beyond the Horizon (O'Neill's first full-length drama) won him a Pulitzer Prize. In it, the Mayo brothers—having fallen in love with the same woman—head down diverging paths in life. Robert Mayo, who had dreamed of adventure "beyond the horizon," remains behind to work the family farm and marry the lady in question. His brother Andrew goes to sea and eventually to South America. Unsuited to lead a nomadic existence, he returns—a broken and financially ruined man—to find his brother also a failure. In the end and nearing death, Robert realizes the release he sought from financial burdens and unhappiness lies just "beyond the horizon."This revolutionary work of tragic realism established the reputation of a playwright who, after Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw, became one of the most widely translated and produced dramatists of the 20th century, and one of the most vital forces in the American theater.Unabridged Dover (1996) republication of a standard edition.
About the Author Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), one of America's greatest playwrights, was the author of "Beyond the Horizon, Desire Under the Elms, "and "Long Day's Journey into Night. "
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A brilliantly emotional tragedy By A Customer Beyond the Horizon was O'Neill's first major full-length play and its release is considered a significant turning point in the history of American theater. Its main characters are two twentysomething brothers, Rob and Andy, who have both spent their lives on the family farm and have quite opposite dispositions: Andy is excruciatingly practical and hopes for little more in life than to take over the farm and make it successful; whereas Rob is something of a bookish dreamer who hopes to see what life is like "beyond the horizon." He gets this opportunity when his uncle invites him to come along on a three year trip to South America and Asia, but the night before their departure, a woman with whom both Rob and Andy are in love professes her love for Rob, causing Rob to stay behind to marry her while Andy, unable to bear the idea of living alongside the new couple, takes Rob's place on the trip. The bulk of the play deals with the long-term consequences of this one night in which the brothers ignored their callings in life. As is often the case in O'Neill's plays, the premise is fairly simple and unoriginal and the development of the plot is relatively predictable, but the intensity with which the characters are developed is excellent and truly memorable. We see in Rob the same sort of futile hope that O'Neill would develop so well some years later in The Iceman Cometh, and the despair of the other characters is quite moving. At times, the pathos in the play can almost be over-the-top (and I imagine that in live performances this might be something that the actors have to be all the more careful to avoid), but O'Neill manages to avoid going into the realm of melodrama and create very real, touching characters. O'Neill would, of course, go on to write many other deeply emotional plays, a number of which are still better known than this one. Beyond the Horizon shows us many of the talents for which O'Neill is now universally recognized, and the almost-universal acclaim that it received upon its 1920 premiere seems equally apt today.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Melodrama and bathos swamp several otherwise powerful scenes By D. Cloyce Smith The first O'Neill play performed on Broadway (in 1920), "Beyond the Horizon" is actually the fifth full-length drama in O'Neill's career as a playwright. ("Bread and Butter,""Servitude," "The Personal Equation," and "Now I Ask You" all were completed before 1916, although none of them were performed during O'Neill's lifetime.)A commercial success and winner of a Pulitzer Prize (the first of four for O'Neill), "Beyond the Horizon" is somewhat jarring to the modern ear in both theatric arrangement and thematic development; it shows a still-green O'Neill struggling to convey his characters' emotional depth and psychological torments in the not-quite-convincing framework of a melodramatic plot.The problems start in the very first act, when Robert Mayo, a youth inclined to poetry and a life of idleness, is preparing to leave for an apprenticeship at sea with his uncle. In the matter of a few pages, Robert confesses his love for his brother Andrew's childhood sweetheart, Ruth; he casts aside the plans for his voyage and decides to live as a farmer--an occupation he despises; the love-struck couple agree to be married forthwith; and Andrew, in bitterness, assumes Robert's position on the ship and leaves the very next morning for a journey of several years. All in a evening's work. This abbreviated soap opera suffers from a lack of any attempt at dramatic preparation or character development; Ruth, in particular, pretty much walks onto the stage and ecstatically accepts Robert's out-of-the-blue marriage proposal. As O'Neill was to learn later in his career, it takes a much longer play to set up this sort of scenario.Fortunately, the rest of the play is much better; it focuses on the deterioration of Robert and Ruth's hasty marriage, with Ruth regretting her decision and pining for Andrew's infrequent visits. In these two acts, O'Neill avoids impulsive, life-changing choices and more effectively shows slice-of-life scenes: Ruth's fights with her mother and her indolent husband, Andrew's exultant although brief return, the near-bankruptcy of the farm, and Robert's declining health. Although the play closes with a sentimentality bordering on bathos, these two acts herald the first triumph of one of America's great dramatists.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Mistakes By H. Schneider In 1920, Eugene O'Neill had his breakthrough as a playwright. BtH was his first long play that was produced for the stage, and it won him his first Pulitzer. (His was only the 2nd Pulitzer Prize for drama ever awarded. If one looks through the history of award winners, the competition does not seem to have been overwhelmingly strong.) He had a series of one-act plays staged before, but his longer plays had so far remained unpublished and un-staged. His one- act plays had not been truly remarkable. 'Beyond the Horizon' made it to Broadway.Two brothers are in love with the same girl. One heart must be broken. The girl is quite clear that she roots for the younger brother, the one who dreams about things beyond the horizon and who wants to go on a long sailing turn with his uncle Dick, captain of the Sunda, bound for Japan and possibly other exciting places. That causes a huge problem for the young man: stay home with the girl, but without a clear future, or live his old dream? The older brother is the homely one, his dream is to run the farm of his father, and marry the girl.Things go differently. The young men switch their position, the younger one stays and gets married, the older one goes on board. But romantic love turns sour quickly. The dreamer can't run the farm. The girl turns into a nagging wife, imitating her mother. Hopes then turn to the older brother, whose return will fix things... He, in turn, has made a success of his sea-going, but his heart was not in it. He has forgotten the girl though.The story is about choices, and consequences, and regrets. There are the usual O'Neill conflicts: husband/wife, father/son. The mood is strongly defeatist and the farm goes down badly. The play's strength is the twist of action versus anticipations in the first two acts, but from there on it becomes a little too predictable and dreary in the 3rd.(As I read the play in the LoA, I can't judge this edition. From experience with other texts in the series I know that it should be the last resort for any text. Take it only if you find no other way to get access!)
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