Four Plays by Eugene O'Neill: Anna Christie; The Hairy Ape; The Emperor Jones; Beyond theHorizon

By Eugene O'Neill

Book Overview

Contained within this volume are some of the best of O'Neill's early one-act plays, which foreshadowed the longer plays that have given this dramatist his most enduring fame. "Beyond the Horizon" was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451526678
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Two many editions?

This Signet Classics edition's plays are also available in a much cheaper paperback, with an appendix instead of a preface. Actually, both have their values; the commentaries are worthwhile, and the pagination of the two editions is identical ( that's the teacher in me giving the students their assignments ...at a price). However, for the extra bucks, the vintage video of Paul Robeson doing Emperor Jones is a treasured investment. Teachers, buy this one! Students, be good education consumers and get the text-only version !