"Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey into Night': A Reader's Companion" is designed to assist the student as well as the scholar in studying this venerated American play. The book includes an introduction to "Journey" and O'Neill's work in general; a listing of all of O'Neill's plays, in addition to a chronology of his life and work; a timeline of significant historical and cultural events during the year in which "Journey" was written; a synopsis of the action of "Journey"; an analysis of the play's characters; explanatory notes to the text to accompany any reading of "Journey"; an essay comparing the play to both "She Stoops to Conquer" and dream plays; a listing of major theatrical productions and film adaptations of "Journey"; production reviews of play and film versions of "Journey"; and a bibliographical listing of articles and books on the play as well as a critical bibliography of "Journey". In sum, "Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey into Night': A Reader's Companion" is an indispensable guide to the social, biographical, and artistic context of what is surely one of the greatest American dramas written to date.

Robert Cardullo is Professor and Chair of Media and Communication at the Izmir University of Economics in Turkey. He is the author of many books, among them "Comparative Stages: Essays in the History of Euro-American Drama", "Theatrical Reflections: Notes on the Form and Practice of Drama", and "Brecht, Pinter, and the Avant-Garde".