The Emperor Jones

Eugene O'Neill

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Brutus Jones sets himself up as monarch of a Caribbean island and exploits his subjects ruthlessly until a uprising forces him to flee for his life.

Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes

Categories: Full Length in Collection, The Plays Tag: African American

Reviews

Press Quotes

“… for strength and originality [O’Neill] has no rivals among the American writers for the stage.” —Alexander Woolcott, Times

“An odd and extraordinary play, written with imaginative genius …” —Kenneth Macgowan, Globe

“… the most interesting play which has yet come from the most promising playwright in America …” —Heywood Broun, Tribune

About the Author

Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was born in October 1888, in New York City. Widely considered America's foremost dramatist, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize four times and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. His masterpiece, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (produced posthumously in 1956), is at the apex of a long string of great plays, including BEYOND THE HORIZON (1920), ANNA CHRISTIE (1922), STRANGE INTERLUDE (1928), AH! WILDERNESS (1933), and THE ICEMAN COMETH (1946). O'Neill passed away at the age of 65 in November 1953.

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