The Great God Brown

The Great God Brown
Written byEugene O'Neill
Characters
  • Dion Anthony
  • William A. "Billy" Brown
  • Margaret
  • Cybel
Date premiered1926 (1926)

The Great God Brown is a play by Eugene O'Neill, first staged in 1926. O'Neill began writing notes for the play in 1922 – "Play of masks – removable – the man who really is and the mask he wears before the world" – and wrote the play between January and March 1925. Noted for its use of masks the play was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1925-1926. The original Broadway production was directed by James Light.