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HORIZONANNA CHRISTIETHE EMPEROR JONESTHE HAIRY APEwith an introduction by A.R.GurneySignet Classics  \nEugene O'Neill(1888-1953)was born in New YorkCity.He held a series of varied occupations in hisyouth,including seaman,gold prospector,journalist,and actor.His first big success was a full-length nat-uralistic drama,Beyond the Horizon(1920),whichwon the Pulitzer Prize.Other plays from his earlyperiod include The Emperor Jones(1920),the Pulit-zer Prize-winning Anna Christie(1921),The HairyApe(1922),All God's Chillun Got Wings(1924),and Desire Under the Elms(1924).His third Pulit-zer Prize-winning play,Strange Interlude(1928),was followed by the trilogy Mourning BecomesElectra(1932),and the uncharacteristically comicAh,Wilderness!(1933).A hiatus from the theaterfollowed,during which O'Neill was awarded theNobel Prize in 1936.He ended his twelve-year ab-sence from Broadway with The Iceman Cometh in1946.His masterpiece,Long Day's Journey IntoNight,was written in 1940,but published and pro-duced posthumously in 1956,when it won O'Neill'sfourth Pulitzer Prize.  \nA.R.Gurney,winner of the 1987 Award of Meritfrom the American Academy and Institute of Artsand Letters,is the author of numerous plays,in-cluding The Dining Room,The Cocktail Hour,LoveLetters,and Later Life.He taught literature at MITfor twenty-five years.  \n(  \n(5)  \nFour PlaysbyEugene O'Neill  \n# BEYOND THE HORIZON\n\nTHE EMPEROR JONES  \nANNA CHRISTIE  \nTHE HAIRY APE  \nIntroduction by  \nA.R.Gurney  \nSIGNET CLASSICSthe Chamberlain Bros.editiona member of Penguin Group(USA)Inc.  \nCHAMBERLAIN BROS.  \nPublished by the Penguin Group  \nPenguin Group(USA)Inc.,375 Hudson Street,New York,New York 10014,USA  \nPenguin Group(Canada),90 Eglinton Avenue East,Suite 700,Toronto,Ontario M4P 2Y3,Canada(a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)Penguin Books Ltd,80 Strand,London WC2R ORL,EnglandPenguin Ireland,25 St Stephen's Green,Dublin 2,Ireland(a division of Penguin Books Ltd)  \nPenguin Group(Australia),250 Camberwell Road,Camberwell,  \nVictoria 3124,Australia(a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd)Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd,11 Community Centre,Panchsheel Park,New Delhi-110017,India  \nPenguin Books(NZ),Cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads,Albany,Auckland 1310,New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd)Penguin Books(South Africa)(Pty)Ltd,24 Sturdee Avenue,Rosebank,Johannesburg 2196,South Africa  \nPenguin Books Ltd,Registered Offices:80 Strand,London WC2R 0RL,England  \nPublished by Signet Classics,an imprint of New American Library,and Chamberlain Bros.,members of Penguin Group(USA)Inc.  \nFirst Signet Classics printing,1964Updated version published in 1986First Chamberlain Bros.edition,2006  \nIntroduction copyright ◎1998 by A.R.Gurney  \n“The Emperor Jones:Fact,Fiction,and Film”copyright 2006 by WilliamR.Pace  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced,scanned,or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission.Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materialsin violation of the author's rights.Purchase only authorized editions.Published simultaneously in Canada  \nAn application has been submitted to register this bookwith the Library of Congress.  \nISBN 1-59609-235-1  \nPrinted in the United States of America10987654321  \nIntroduction viiBEYOND THE HoRIZON1THE EMPEROR JONES109ANNA CHRISTIE155THE HAIRY APE247Bibliography309The Emperor Jones:Fact,Fiction,and Film314Discussion Points328  \nINTRODUCTIONby A.R.Gurney  \nThese early plays not only stand as valuable windowsinto the main body of work of America's foremostplaywright,but are also formidable pieces of theaterin themselves.The two longer plays,Beyond the Hori-zon and Anna Christie,are written in the realistic styleto which O'Neill returned many times during thecourse of his prolific career.The Emperor Jones andThe Hairy Ape are both bold examples of his 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