On November 7, 1956, when Eugene O'Neill's poignant Pulitzer Prize-winning play entitled Long Day's Journey Into Night had its Broadway premiere, audiences were stunned by Florence Eldridge's haunting portrayal of Mary Tyrone as a long-term morphine addict suffering from restlessness and insomnia. Coming from a family whose parents only drank wine at Passover (and who had no experience with recreational drugs), I often had trouble understanding how alcohol, uppers, downers and hallucinogens affe...
On November 7, 1956, when Eugene O'Neill's poignant Pulitzer Prize-winning play entitled Long Day's Journey Into Night had its Broadway premiere, audiences were stunned by Florence Eldridge's haunting portrayal of Mary Tyrone as a long-term morphine addict suffering from restlessness and insomnia. Coming from a family whose parents only drank wine at Passover (and who had no experience with recreational drugs), I often had trouble understanding how alcohol, uppers, downers and hallucinogens affe...
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