| The Great God Brown | |
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| Written by | Eugene O'Neill |
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| Date premiered | 1926 |
The Great God Brown is a play by Eugene O'Neill, first staged in 1926. O'Neill began writing notes for the play in 1922 – "Play of masks – removable – the man who really is and the mask he wears before the world"[1] – and wrote the play between January and March 1925.[2] Noted for its use of masks [3] the play was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1925-1926. The original Broadway production was directed by James Light.
- ^ Floyd, Virginia, ed. Eugene O'Neill at Work. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1981, p. 41. ISBN 0-8044-2205-2
- ^ O'Neill, Eugene. Complete Plays 1920–1931. Travis Bogard, ed. New York: Library of America, 1988, p. 1079. ISBN 0-940450-49-6
- ^ Lewis, Allan (1965). American Plays & Playwrights of the Contemporary Theatre. Crown Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-517-50947-0