From the sidewalk in front of the home in New London, CT. We were told that his mom had family in the area, so they bought this home as a summer home to live at when the Theater shut down for the summer. His father was a famous actor of the time. The windows off to the left of the front porch is the room that is generally recreated in his autobiographical play "A Long Day's Journey Into Night". The curators have done a wonderful job preserving what was originally the O'Neill family's furniture and such, and finding period pieces of furniture to fill the home with. His father had the ceillings raised on the main floor to give the appearance of having more money, and you really notice it when you go upstairs, as I believe that I would be able to touch the ceilling on the second level, and I am only 5 foot 1.75 inches!
Eugene's father traveled playing the Count of Monte Cristo.
The O'Neill family sold the home to another private owner, and that private owner later sold it to the O'Neill Theater group (Not to sure what the actual name of the group is), which maintains the property, the Docent said that they will have theatrical performances at times in the home, next weekend he said that they are having some French poets who will be doing a reading there.
The light house from the time that Eugene was a child, it was moved off the coast, and is now someones home. The foghorn from this lighthouse tormented his mother Ella as she was addicted to morphine. It was the drug of choice to give to new mothers for the pain after childbirth.
The O'Neill family sold the home to another private owner, and that private owner later sold it to the O'Neill Theater group (Not to sure what the actual name of the group is), which maintains the property, the Docent said that they will have theatrical performances at times in the home, next weekend he said that they are having some French poets who will be doing a reading there.
The light house from the time that Eugene was a child, it was moved off the coast, and is now someones home. The foghorn from this lighthouse tormented his mother Ella as she was addicted to morphine. It was the drug of choice to give to new mothers for the pain after childbirth.
The docent was very kind and gave Jeremy and I a quick tour of the home, later on after we had left I found out that he was extra kind and did not charge Jeremy and I the fee to be able to tour the home of $7 a person.
We had a wonderful time, and I would definately recommend going if you happen to be in the area.