Experimental O'Neill : The Hairy Ape, The Emperor Jones, and The S.S. Glencairn One-Act Plays

"Experimental O'Neill compiles in a single volume six of Eugene O'Neill's early plays: The hairy ape, The Emperor Jones, and what are often referred to as "The S.S. Glencairn Plays," four related one-acts. With extensive companion essays and critical analysis, this indispensable volume brings together some of O'Neill's often overlooked and still highly controversial works. Exploring themes of race, capitalism, and isolation, these plays use a mix of realism and expressionism to highlight the human condition in groundbreaking drama that is at once thematically evocative of its era and fundamentally ahead of its time. Additionally, the book contains important new essays about the Wooster Group's experimental productions of these plays by O'Neill, the Provincetown Players, and two one-acts by female dramatists of the era."--Page [4] of cover Experimental O'Neill compiles in a single volume six of Eugene O'Neill's early, often overlooked, and still highly controversial early plays: The Hairy Ape, The Emperor Jones, and what are often referred to as "The S.S. Glencairn Plays," four early, related one-acts, including extensive companion essays and critical analysis. The second installment of Rare Bird Books' Barnacle Crucial Editions, dedicated to maintaining definitive and uncensored in-print general trade editions of often misrepresented works. The go-to edition for O'Neill's early plays and supporting essays and criticism, including extensive analysis on late-twentieth century Wooster Group productions A beautiful, tactile, french-flapped edition to collect alongside past and future Barnacle Crucial Editions Experimental O'Neill compiles in a single volume six of Eugene O'Neill's early plays: The Hairy Ape, The Emperor Jones, and what are often referred to as #x93;The S.S. Glencairn Plays," four related one-acts. With extensive companion essays and critical analysis, this indispensable volume brings together some of O'Neill's often overlooked and still highly controversial works. Exploring themes of race, capitalism, and isolation, these plays use a mix of realism and expressionism to highlight the human condition in groundbreaking drama that is at once thematically evocative of its era and fundamenta