DIYA M. ABDO was born in Amman, Jordan in 1976. She completed her BA in English Literature and Language at Yarmouk University of Jordan and obtained her M.A. and M.Phil. in English Literature from Drew University in Madison, NJ. She is currently a doctoral candidate and adjunct professor teaching Composition and Literary Analysis there.

CHERYL BLACK is an Assistant Professor of Theatre and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is the author of The Women of Provincetown, 1915-1922.

STEVEN F. BLOOM has been the Book Review Editor of The Eugene O誰eill Review since 1989, has published numerous articles on O誰eill, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Eugene O誰eill Society. He has recently moved to Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts, where he is the Associate Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences and Professor of English.

ZANDER BRIETZKE is Vice President of the Eugene O誰eill Society and recently coedited Jason Robards Remembered (McFarland 2002). He is the author of The Aesthetics of Failure: Dynamic Structure in the Plays of Eugene O誰eill (McFarland 2001). Professor Brietzke has taught at Lehigh University, The College of Wooster, and Montclair State University.

ROBERT E. BYRD is Assistant Professor of Communications at St. Francis College (Brooklyn), where he teaches playwriting and mass communications. He also is Adjunct Associate Professor of Theatre at New York University, where he teaches dramatic criticism and Shakespeare.

MIRIAM M. CHIRICO is an Assistant Professor of English literature at the University of North Florida where she teaches classes in dramatic literature. The article in this issue is part of a larger project on mythic revision in modern drama.

THOMAS F. CONNOLLY is Assistant Professor of English at Suffolk University and North American Review editor of Theatre Research International. His most recent book, George Jean Nathan and the Making of Modern American Drama Criticism, was a finalist for the George Freedley Memorial Award of the Theatre Library Association of America.

JAMES R. FLEMING earned his B.A. in English from Suffolk University. He is currently pursuing a year of independent study. The interview with Sudipto Chatterjee was conducted in March 2002.

GLENDA FRANK, a frequent speaker and writer about O誰eill and other American dramatists, reviews for Back Stage. She has received grants from the NEH and was a Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities. She teaches theatre and American literature at FIT, SUNY.

SHEILA HICKEY GARVEY is Professor of Theatre and Coordinator of Performance at Southern Connecticut State University. She acts, directs and also writes about the theatre. Her O誰eill work includes documentations of major O誰eill revivals based on interviews. Dr. Garvey has recently completed work for a book on the O誰eill Renaissance titled Not for Profit: A History of the Circle in the Square.

GLENDA E. GILL, Professor of Drama in the Humanities Department at Michigan Technological University, is a theatre historian particularly interested in the African American in non-traditional roles. Her latest book is No Surrender! No Retreat! African American Pioneer Performers of Twentieth-Century American Theater (St. Martin痴 Press 2000).

DANIEL LARNER, a playwright and Professor of Theatre at Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Eugene O誰eill Society. His articles have appeared in Siparo (Milan), American Drama and Religion and Theatre. He is at work on a book on the life and work of American playwright Barrie Stavis.