This is one of Eugene O'Neill's most fascinating plays, and must have packed a real wallop when it was first staged (as a two-part work) in 1928. O'Neill has the characters speak their inner thoughts as well as their dialog. Unlike the other reviewer, I had little trouble distinguishing the two. But it might have been worthwhile to explain it in a prologue for viewers not aware of what O'Neill was doing in this play.
This TV version contains an almost complete rendering of this very long play, which is seldom staged nowadays. So this may be your only chance to see it in something like its original form. The cast is uniformly superb. Glenda Jackson seems a bit old for Nina at first, until you realize that the play covers around 30 years and that she will be an old woman by the end. The late David Dukes is particularly good as Nina's "sperm donor." In all, engrossing and unique drama. I hope it will come out on DVD soon.
This TV version contains an almost complete rendering of this very long play, which is seldom staged nowadays. So this may be your only chance to see it in something like its original form. The cast is uniformly superb. Glenda Jackson seems a bit old for Nina at first, until you realize that the play covers around 30 years and that she will be an old woman by the end. The late David Dukes is particularly good as Nina's "sperm donor." In all, engrossing and unique drama. I hope it will come out on DVD soon.