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Lot 113
O'Neill, Eugene (1888-1953) First American playwright to win the Nobel prize (1936); he won Pulitzer prizes for "Beyond the Horizon" (1920), "Anna Christie" (1922), "Strange Interlude" (1928), and "Long Day's Journey into Night" (1956). Autograph Letter Signed on a letter card engraved "Le Plessis / Saint-Antoine du Rocher / Indre-et-Loire" (France), 4"x5¾", 1930 July 27. Fine; lightly toned. Written on both sides in tiny script to writer Hiram (Kelly) Motherwell at Theatre Guild Magazine in New York City. With holograph envelope signed in the return address, missing "E-u" and the top of the "g". O'Neill apologizes for not having photos and information about productions of his plays. He names European cities where productions of "Interlude," "Desire Under the Elms," and "The First Man" have taken place and is thankful that he was not at the premiers. He adds, "…I know of nothing less important than a European production. My plays have had some success over here - but they weren't successes to me after I heard the horrible details of what damn fool directors had done to them. A theatre in which a director produces his parlor tricks and uses plays and actors as vehicles for his ego - that imbecility merely bores me and it seems to be all Europe has to offer at present. It's time they began to come to the U.S. - to relearn what the theatre means! I accept [except?] Russia, of course. Tairov I like. He has imagination and produces plays and actors not himself…." The consignor has owned this letter since 1974.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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