I played James Tyrone in a production of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT that was done to mark the 100th anniversary of Eugene O'Neil's birth. In honor of the occasion, the play was presented completely uncut. Big mistake. Despite a very talented cast, the show is just too long. Modern audiences figure out that Mary is a druggie the very first time the subject comes up, it does not require five or six long, drawn-out, and extremely wordy repetitions to get the point across. The audiences were extremely kind to us after the show, but I always wondered if it was the kindness brought on by shared tragedy.