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Eugene O’Neill fans may be excited to hear that his famous play “The Great God Brown” is coming to Danville for two performances — but prepare for bitter disappointment, because both shows are sold out.
Showing at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, O’Neill’s 1926 work, especially known for demonstrating the playwright’s fascination with Taoist philosophy, is a four-act play that tells the story of two men who display their inner thoughts through the use of masks. When both fall in love with the same woman, Margaret, it becomes difficult to tell whose mask is whose.
“The Great God Brown is one of O’Neill’s most theatrical efforts to explore the role of identity in our lives,” said the play’s director Eric Fraisher Hayes. “The use of masks in the play is a fascinating examination of how we adjust our identity to find love and acceptance in this world.”
Hayes went on to say that like much of O’Neill’s work, the play demonstrates the “multiple layers at work in the human experience,” and that you can’t always have what you want.
Great God Brown will be performed script-in-hand at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley,] 205 Railroad Ave. in Danville, Jan. 12 and 13.
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Eugene O’Neill’s The Great God Brown will be showing in Danville in January but tickets have already sold out. (Photo courtesy Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House) -
The Great God Brown tells the story of two men who reveal their inner most thoughts while wearing masks. Conflict ensues when they begin to lose their identities and fall for the same woman. (Photo courtesy Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House)
