Largo viaje hacia la noche

An adaptation of Largo viaje hacia la noche, Eugene O'Neill's play, directed by Ernesto Caballero with Carlos Hipólito leading the cast. It comes to the Sala Juan de la Cruz of the Teatro de La Abadía in Madrid.

Eugene O'Neill, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, conceived this text as an exercise in personal exorcism. The action takes place in the Tyrone family home over a single day, and as the hours pass, addiction, guilt and self-deception emerge, along with the recriminations and silences that have built up between its members.

The production is directed by Ernesto Caballero, with Carlos Hipólito as the lead actor, joined by Mapi Sagaseta, Álex Villazán and Nicolás Illoro. Hipólito already worked on this play in the 1980s, playing the son; now he plays the father, which adds a reading of continuity to the same text.

Beyond the domestic conflict, the show examines how the decline of this family reflects a society that remains united despite its fractures. The production features set design by Paco Azorín and costume design by José Cobo, and is staged at the Teatro de La Abadía, on calle de Fernández de los Ríos.