Desire Under the Elms " review by Michael Billington

Lyric Hammersmith, LondonSubject to obscenity charges in the US and banned in Britain for 16 years, Eugene O'Neill's 1924 play once enjoyed a scandalous reputation. But, although the Lyric's publicity promises "Greed, Lust, Pride" in capital letters, I'm struck more by the play's respectable literary ancestry. This is O'Neill aiming for the effect of Greek tragedy with nods in the direction of Euripides and Sophocles…

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