在美国戏剧史上，尤金·奥尼尔（ＥｕｇｅｎｅＯ○Ｎｅｉｌｌ）以他的剧作第一次对美国现代生活作了严肃的检验和深刻的表现。美国戏剧随着他的出现而进入了成熟时期。他除了继承和发展欧洲传统的现实主义的创作方法，也开创了美国表现主义戏剧先河。虽然他不偏重妇女形象的 In the history of American drama, Eugene O’Neill, for the first time in his play, has done a serious examination and profound expression of the modern life in the United States. American theater entered maturity with his appearance. In addition to inheriting and developing European traditional realist methods of creation, he pioneered the dramatic expression of American expressionism. Although he does not favor the image of women