Questioning Authority in Ah, Wilderness! and Prometheus Bound

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Realizing his son is far too delighted with that plan, Dad determines that the most appropriate punishment is to send him to Yale after all — "and you're going to graduate!" Richard is crestfallen.

This is the same family that, in O'Neill's later play Long Day's Journey Into Night, will take a very different turn. In this earlier play, boozing and addiction crop up in comedic rather than tragic turns (particularly by the resident alcoholic played by Townsend Coleman).

Thom Babbes directs an ornate, delightfully intimate production, with loving period detail given to the setting (by Mark Henderson and Tim Farmer) and costumes (by Shon LeBlanc).

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Ron Cephas Jones and Mirjana Jokovic in Prometheus Bound

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When Ah, Wilderness! becomes Long Day's Journey, O'Neill's connection to the ancient Greeks becomes more apparent. Misery, rebellion against authority, cycles of addiction and revenge, addiction to revenge. It all started with the plight of Prometheus, and it still hasn't let up.

PROMETHEUS BOUND | A new translation by Joel Agee of a play disputedly attributed to Aeschylus | Presented by CalArts Center for New Performance at the Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu | Mon. & Wed.-Sun., through Sept. 28 | (310) 440-7300 | getty.edu

Correction: This review initially misspelled a director's name. The correct spelling is Thom Babbes.