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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. | 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. | ||
| − | The text first published in the 1919 collection of O'Neill's plays entitled ''The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea''. | + | The text first published in the 1919 collection of O'Neill's plays entitled ''The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea'' by Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:06, 31 May 2022
Ile is a one act play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill [1] (1888-1953).
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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.
The text first published in the 1919 collection of O'Neill's plays entitled The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea by Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1931: 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.
Sources
https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/ile
http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2279300018/ile.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill
NELM: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 61.
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