
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eugene O'Neill · 1956
O'Neill's autobiographical masterpiece, written in tears and blood by his own account. One day in the life of the Tyrone family as the fog rolls in: a morphine-addicted mother, an alcoholic father, two sons who can't escape. He ordered it sealed for twenty-five years after his death. His wife published it three years later.
Drama · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.