Norman Mailer: Works and Days

A 'Long Day's Journey' with the Mailers

Jesse Green's New York Times report (10 August 2003) on the Mailers' staged reading of O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in Provincetown — Mailer, Norris, and three of his children — to benefit the local repertory theater.

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Jesse Green’s New York Times report (10 August 2003, p. 5) on a staged reading of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night in Provincetown — Mailer with Norris and three of his children — to benefit the local repertory theater. Mailer: “I expect us to be considerably better as a theatrical ensemble than as a basketball team.”

A full transcription, held in the working archive pending rights clearance, is at full text.

First published: 2003-08-10
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 03.25
Cite as: /works/2003-08-10-long-days-journey-with-the-mailers
Last updated: 2026-06-06