Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51602 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-10-21
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 160 minutes

Customer Reviews

Constance Cummings is Magnificent
This is the National Theater production that starred Laurence
Olivier and Constance Cummings that was taped for television back
in the early 1970s. Olivier won an Emmy for his performance but
for me the highlight of the production is the magnificent portrayal
of Mary Tyrone by Constance Cummings. She received raves for her
performance when it was performed on stage and I am delighted this production was preserved and now available on dvd. She captures
the essence of the morphine-addicted mother haunted by the past.
This version is a bit shorter and shorter O'Neill is often
preferable. There have been some wonderful Mary Tyrones--Katharine Hepburn, Jessica Lange and most recently,
Vanessa Redgrave, but Cummings is rught up there with the best.