Description: Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy unsparingly presents the story of two brothers in love with the same girl. The tale unfolds with the girl's rejection of one brother and marriage to the other, setting the stage for discontent and disillusionment. Originally produced on Broadway in 1920, O'Neill's first full-length play captures the powerful, perilous emotional currents swirling below the surface of everyday life.
Amazon.com: Many of Eugene O'Neill's classic themes are present in his first full-length play, Beyond the Horizon, for which he won his first of four Pulitzer Prizes: Fantasy vs. reality, destiny subverted, sibling rivalry, and more. Rob Mayo is a young farmboy who reads poetry and dreams of going to sea; his brother Andy, a farmer through and through, wants nothing more than tilling this corner of the earth until his dying day. But both are in love with a girl named Ruth, and this conflict leads both to go against their deepest desires, leading to illness and unhappiness. Beyond the Horizon is justifiably overshadowed by O'Neill's later works, but the powers of his writing are still present. The well-received McCarter Theatre production is earnest and solid, and features Geraldine Fitzgerald (who garnered acclaim in many productions of O'Neill's work) and the great John Houseman (The Paper Chase). --Bret Fetzer
Intense This play seems to be about the choices we make in our lives and how they affect us and those around us in the long run. Also familiar are "the grass is always greener on the other side" scenarios as Ruth decides first that she loves Andy, then Rob, then, after marrying Rob and making his life miserable, decides that she really loved Andy after all. Typically tragic Eugene O'Neill, who does misery so desperately well.
The question arises: should we indeed sacrifice our dreams for love? Is it worth the price? And is it really love at all to expect someone to do so?
The only true love in this play was between the two brothers, who supported each other choices unconditionally and experienced the die-hard grief in death that only those who love each other truly can.Splendor in the Grass
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