Ingrid Bergman Returned to American Stage for Unfinished Eugene O'Neill Play

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In 1967, Hollywood legend and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman sits down with Los Angeles Times drama critic Cecil Smith in L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre. This followed her historic return to the American stage after a 21-year absence. Bergman had starred in a six-week run of Eugene O’Neill’s "More Stately Mansions, the inaugural production of the Ahmanson Theatre.

Bergman shares her personal history with the late playwright, pulls back the curtain on her craft, talks about her acting career on film and stage in both Sweden and the U.S., and details the taxing process of working with an unedited script that O'Neill originally intended to be destroyed.

The play was staged posthumously, 25 years after O’Neill’s death, using a nearly-complete script written by O’Neill himself. Director Jose Quintero put the finishing touches on the script and brought the play to life on stage.

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