Can we rekindle the love that first made us a family?

The past is never dead. It is not even past.

– William Faulkner

A mother, father and their two adult sons – one summer in the life of the Tyrone family. Seen from afar the summer cottage radiates success and life, but under the surface lurks total disruption.

The love that first created the family only shows itself in glimpses. The four long-suffering family members each search for the truth, but is anyone ready to listen? Henning Jensen plays the father James Tyrone, a once promising Shakespearean actor who has shaped his life around a popular one-time success. Karen-Lise Mynster plays his morphine-addicted wife, Mary, who struggles to avoid viewing her marriage in the light of sobering clarity. Peter Plaugborg and Simon Bennebjerg play the sons, James and Edmund, who attempt to keep their parents’ legacy at bay and find their own directions in life. All blame each other for their own misfortunes.

The creator of this modern psychological drama, Nobel Prize laureate Eugene O'Neill, suffered blood and tears for his autobiographical drama Long Day's Journey into Night. He wrote the play in 1940, which was only staged after his death. After the world premiere in 1956 at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, the playwright received the Pulitzer Prize posthumously.

Performances are in Danish.

The play marks the first staging at the Royal Danish Playhouse by Artistic Director Morten Kirkskov.