THE PLAYS OF EUGENE O’NEILL ON THE SLOVENE STAGE: CONTEXTS AND CONDITIONS
THE PLAYS OF EUGENE O’NEILL ON THE SLOVENE STAGE: CONTEXTS AND CONDITIONS
Author(s): Uroš MozetičSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Anna Christie;communist regime;Desire under the Elms;Eugene O’Neill;reception in Slovene theatres;socialist realism
Summary/Abstract: After the initial fiasco of O’Neill’s plays Anna Christie and Desire Under the Elms in interbellum Slovenia, the post-war years brought the author a critical and public rehabilitation. However, O’Neill’s sudden popularity proved a doubleedged sword. The subject-matter of his plays was abused for the promotion of socialist realism and the establishment of the post-war communist regime. Stage directors were compelled to distort the artistic truth and present the idea of each play according to the requirements of the current political agenda. The paper discusses and explains the critical and public reception of these plays in the light of the political, social and literary conditions in Slovenia between the years 1926 and 1963.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 83-88
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
