caa a22 4500 386319642 CHVBK 20180307111620.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198805 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0040557400009121 doi S0040557400009121 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0040557400009121 Ryan Pat M. University of Trondheim, Norway Long Day's Journey was the "Wrong” Play [Elektronische Daten] [Pat M. Ryan] "I don't think I'll have anything very interesting to tell you.” When I met and interviewed Karl Ragnar Gierow in his office at the Royal Swedish Academy, Stockholm, February 27, 1973, he at first expressed skepticism about whether there was any Eugene O'Neill story to be told. But I had earlier paid several visits to the archives of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern/ Dramaten); had closely researched the historic O'Neill world premieres (1956-62) while Gierow was Dramaten's General Intendant (Manager); and had been carefully coached by Stig Torsslow, the theatre's venerable Dramaturg, concerning Gierow's exploits in acquiring, translating, and producing four of O'Neill's posthumous plays. These comprised Long Day's Journey into Night (February 10, 1956); A Touch of the Poet (March 19, 1957); Hughie (September 18, 1958); and More Stately Mansions (November 9, 1962). I had come to my appointment with Gierow bearing some essential facts and with plenty of questions about Long Day's Journey and the playwright's widow, Carlotta Monterey O'Neill. Gierow was cordial, accommodating, and forthcoming with marvelous remembered details. I returned to Finland (where I was a Senior Fulbright-Hays Scholar) full of appreciation for Torsslow's avuncular counsel and Gierow's vivid recollections. I carried along voluminous notes from my longsought interview and copies of some O'Neill scripts from Dramaten for the Library of Åbo Akademi. Copyright © American Society for Theatre Research 1988 Theatre Survey Cambridge University Press 29/1(1988-05), 103-112 0040-5574 29:1<103 1988 29 TSY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040557400009121 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040557400009121 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Ryan Pat M. University of Trondheim, Norway NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theatre Survey Cambridge University Press 29/1(1988-05), 103-112 0040-5574 29:1<103 1988 29 TSY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge