Ile

Ile is a play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953).

The original text
The play was first performed in 1917 and published in 1919, it is among the earliest dramatic works of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, who went on to become the leading American playwright of his generation. Its title represents pronunciation of the word oil, referring to whale oil, in the dialect, or specialized language, of New England whale fishermen

Performance history in South Africa
Presented by the Repertory Theatre Society, later known as the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society performed 28 September 1931 in a double bill with The Good and Obedient Young Man.

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