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8%OFFEugene O´neill - Anna Christie and The Emperor Jones - 9781854591012 - V9781854591012
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Anna Christie and The Emperor Jones

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Description for Anna Christie and The Emperor Jones Paperback. Two plays by the Nobel Prize-winning writer. "Anna Christie", first staged in 1921, is a sympathetic portrayal of a prostitute, and won a Pulitzer Prize for the author. "The Emperor Jones" is an expressionistic account of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects, first staged in 1920. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 166.

Two compelling and thought-provoking plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

Anna Christie
Eugene O’Neill’s epic Pulitzer Prize-winning play about love and forgiveness charts one woman’s longing to forget the dark secrets of her past and hope for salvation.

Exiled from her home by the Old Devil Sea to the inland plains, Anna Christie’s life changed for ever at just five years of age. Fifteen years later, she is reunited with the father who sent her away, and sets sail in search of a new beginning.

Anna Christie was first staged at ... Read more

The Emperor Jones
An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

Brutus Jones rules his island's citizens from his opulent palace with tyrannical ease – until the day that they all disappear. They have retreated to the hills, following their former native leader Lem, and plan to revolt. It is time for the Emperor to make good his escape.

The Emperor Jones was first performed at the Playwrights' Theater, New York, in November 1920. Its UK premiere was at the Ambassadors' Theatre, London, in September 1925.

This edition includes a full introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
98
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854591012
SKU
V9781854591012
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Eugene O´neill
Eugene O'Neill was the first American dramatist to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and at the time of his death in 1951 had written over twenty plays.

Reviews for Anna Christie and The Emperor Jones
'The first serious American play about black experience... a historic landmark and a shattering piece of theatre'
Guardian on 'The Emperor Jones'
'There is a raw vigour and humanity in Anna Christie that few other dramatists can match'
Telegraph on 'Anna Christie'
'O'Neill is like an American Shakespeare, the father of American drama'
New York ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Anna Christie and The Emperor Jones


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