After being suspended from Princeton University, he spent several years at sea, during which he suffered from depression and alcoholism. O'Neill spent his summers in New London, Connecticut. Because of his father's profession, O'Neill was sent to a Catholic boarding school where he found his only solace in books.
He was the son of Irish actor James O'Neill and Ella Quinlan. The site is now a Starbucks (1500 Broadway, Northeast corner of 43rd & Broadway) a commemorative plaque is posted on the outside wall with the inscription: 'Eugene O'Neill, Octo~ NovemAmerica's greatest playwright was born on this site then called Barrett Hotel, Presented by Circle in the Square.' O'Neill was born in a Broadway hotel room in Times Square. Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism. O'Neill wrote only one well-known comedy (Ah, Wilderness!). His plays were among the first to include speeches in American vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society, engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. His plays are among the first to introduce into American drama the techniques of realism, associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (16 October 1888 – 27 November 1953) was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature.
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