Eugene O'Neil's Tao House near San Francisco, CA is a house established as a site for the study and work of performing arts. The Tao House Foundation, designed to preserve Tao House, is a memorial to Eugene O'Neill and his great works. Most of the scholars that go to the Tao House feel that O'Neill was one of the greatest writers, right up there next to Shakespeare. O'Neill was the only American playwright to win a Nobel Prize for Literatures.
Tao House was built by Eugene and his wife Carlotta to be their final home. They purchased the land (158 acres) for the home and had a large part in the construction of this home. When they were finally able to move in, they gave it the name of "Tao House" in 1937.
Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright responsible for writing Nobel-prize winning pieces. Some of his plays were acknowledged as being the first in many aspects, such as first to use American vernacular speeches as well as first to merge American drama with realism techniques. O'Neill wrote "Ah, Wilderness", which was his only comedy, with the rest of his work being either forms of personal pessimism or tragic. In spite of his many writings, O'Neill claimed he was not a pessimistic person.
His career is said to have started with his writings and plays being realist. He later turned to writing expressionistic plays from his influences from different psychologists, including Sigmund Freud. Towards the end of his life, he turned back to realist writing, which is said to be his best work. O'Neill won many Nobel Prizes for his plays and writing. His final Nobel Prize was won after his death for the revival of "Long Day's Journey into Night".
