Friday, June 29, 2012

55) Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

Visited: Thursday, June 28th, 2012

This NPS site averages about 3,000 visitors - per year.  Reservations are required; the only way to visit otherwise involves a long hike.  Over large hills.

But - it's well worth it.  You get to visit the home O'Neill (and, more importantly, his third wife) built, where he wrote his last three plays.  The tour is very nice, giving a view of O'Neill's inspirations and troubles and loves; it's as much a _home_ as O'Neill ever had, in spite of living in the Tao House for just 7 years.

Of course, the problem is that - I don't really have a feel for O'Neill, and the house gave an incomplete picture.  What I now need to do is see one of his plays.  As a consequence, my bookstore purchase was - a DVD.

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