Eugene O’Neill Essential Early Plays Collection: Beyond the Horizon, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape, The First Man, Desire Under The Elms

In one volume, five of the most influential and popular plays from the early stages of Pulitzer Prize-winning and Nobel laureate playwright Eugene O'Neill's career. Included in this book are:Beyond the HorizonAnna ChristieThe Hairy ApeThe First ManDesire Under The ElmsEugene O'Neill (1888 – 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. He was a pioneer in bringing the "realism" associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg to the American theater and to include speeches in American English vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society. He works are often numbered on the short list of the finest U.S. plays in the 20th century. He won Pulitzer Prizes in 1920, 1922, 1928, and 1957, and was the Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1936. Read more