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Beyond the Horizon is a 1920 play written by American
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. It was O'Neill's first full-length work, and the winner of the 1920
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The play focuses on the portrait of a family, and particularly two brothers Andrew and Robert.
In the first act of the play, Robert is about to go off to sea with their uncle Dick, a sea captain while Andrew looks forward to marrying his sweetheart Ruth and working on the family farm as he starts a family.
Adaptations
The play was adapted for television in 1975, directed by Rick Hauser and Michael Kahn and aired on PBS.
Revival
The play was most recently revived by Royal & Derngate in
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in November 2009. This production subsequently transferred to London's
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in March 2010.