Four Plays by Eugene O'Neill Anna Christie; The Hairy Ape; The Emperor Jones; Beyond theHorizon

by O'Neill, Eugene; Gurney, A. R.

• ISBN13: 9780451526670
• ISBN10: 0451526678
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: Signet Classics

Summary

A collection of four classic plays by the first American dramatist to ever receive the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize includes Beyond the Horizon, Anna Christie, The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape. Original.

Author Biography

Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) is one of the most significant forces in the history of American theater. With no uniquely American tradition to guide him, O'Neill introduced various dramatic techniques, which subsequently became staples of the U.S. theater. By 1914 he had written twelve one-act and two long plays. Of this early work, only Thirst and Other One-act plays (1914) was originally published. From this point on, O'Neill's work falls roughly into three phases: the early plays, written from 1914 to 1921 (The Long Voyage Home, The Moon of the Caribbees, Beyond the Horizon, Anna Christie); a variety of full-length plays for Broadway (Desire Under the Elms; Great God Brown; Ah, Wilderness!); and the last, great plays, written between 1938 and his death (The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, A Moon for the Misbegotten). Eugene O'Neill is a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1936.
A.R. Gurney is the author of many highly acclaimed plays, including The Cocktail Hour, Love Letters, The Dining Room, Scenes from American Life, and The Middle Ages. He is also the author of three novels and the reipient of the Drama Desk Award and the Award of Merit from the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Beyond the Horizon	1	(108)
The Emperor Jones	109	(46)
Anna Christie	155	(90)
The Hairy Ape	245	(64)
Bibliography	309