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Three Plays
Eugene O'neill
Early Plays
by Eugene O'neill
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Why we like it
"Eugene O'Neill's 'Early Plays' reveals the formative stages of his genius, presenting raw and intense explorations of human frailty and existential despair."
From: Pulitzer Prize-Winning PlaysSynopsis
A selection of early work—including two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays—from Eugene O'Neill, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature A Penguin Classic
Included in this volume are seven one-act plays (
The Moon of the Caribbees
, Bound East for Cardiff
, In the Zone
, The Long Voyage Home
, Ile
, Where the Cross Is Made
, and The Rope
), and five full-length plays (
Beyond the Horizon
, The Straw, Anna Christie, and the classics The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape
), all written between 1914 and 1921 and produced for the stage between 1916 and 1922.
The majority of these plays are heavily influenced by German expressionism—Freud, Nietzsche, Strindberg, and the radical leftist politics in which O'Neill was involved during his youth.
Also included in this unique collection is the little-known and highly autobiographical play The Straw
, which draws on O'Neill's confinement in the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium.
Publication
Publisher Penguin
Year 2001
Binding Paperback
Pages 448
Place New York, N.Y
Language English
ISBN-13 9780141186702
ISBN-10 0141186704
eISBN-13 9781101176993
LCCN 2001273419
LCC PS3529.N5 A6 2001
DCC 812/.52
Early Plays is a American play written by Eugene O'neill and published by Penguin in New York, N.Y (2001).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9781101176993).
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