One long summer day, the Tyrone family has to confront a difficult truth, hidden for years. As the day turns into night, a family inferno of mutual resentment and accusations grows between father, mother and two adult sons. As in a Greek tragedy, over the course of several hours, the protagonists will face their own past, the lies about themselves and their sense of guilt. Will the truth about themselves set them free? Long Day’s Journey into Night, a 1941 autobiographical play by American drama classic Eugene O’Neill, is a study of the downfall of a family that is destroyed by addiction and lies. A study so realistic that the author banned its publication during his lifetime out of concern for the memory of the loved ones on whom the characters are modelled. The play was not staged until 1956, three years after his death. It became an immediate event and O’Neill was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for it.
The play Long Day’s Journey into Night is presented by special arrangement with United Talent Agency. This version of the play has been adapted from Eugene O’Neill’s original. The production programme includes an excerpt from Stephen A. Black’s book Eugene O’Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2002. Copyright © 2000 Stephen A. Black Luk Perceval – Scenario, Karolina Bikont – Script translation Music: Wojciech Blecharz
Awards and Festival Appearances
7th Kielce International Theatre Festival, 2025
1st edition of the Powszechny Present! Here and Now! Festival, Teatr Powszechny, Radom, 2024
Poland at IMCE 12: The Extraordinary Theatre Festival, Warsaw, 2024
5th Stage of Freedom Theatre Festival, Słupsk, 2024
50th Tychy Theatre Meetings master performance, 2024
Małgorzata Zawadzka – Stanisław Wyspiański Theatre Award: Individual Special Award for her role in the production, 2024
Roman Gancarczyk – Stanisław Wyspiański Theatre Award: Individual Special Award for his role in the production, 2024
28th KONTAKT International Theatre Festival, Toruń: Małgorzata Zawadzka – Best Actress Award, 2024
30th International Festival of Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, Łódź: Małgorzata Zawadzka – Best Actress title for the role of Mary Tyrone; Roman Gancarczyk – Best Actor title for the role of James Tyrone, 2024
64th Kalisz Theatre Meetings: Małgorzata Zawadzka – Grand Prix for the role of Mary Tyrone; Roman Gancarczyk – Acting Award for the role of James Tyrone; Luk Perceval – Honorary Maciej Prus Award for Best Director of the Kalisz Theatre Meetings, 2024
44th Warsaw Theatre Meetings, 2024
28th KONTAKT International Theatre Festival, Toruń, 2024
Radio Kraków Brand Award, 2023
Roman Gancarczyk – Aleksander Zelwerowicz Award for the role of James Tyrone, 2023
16th Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival, Kraków: Award – Wojciech Blecharz in the Best Soundscape category, 2023