Gimme the bum’s rush ashore, huh? Lemme tell yuh, Dutchy, there ain’t a square-head workin’ on a boat man enough to git away with that.

—Anna Christie, Act I, l. 90

Eugene
O’Neill

Three Plays

Among O’Neill’s four Pulitzer Prize–winning plays is this collection’s “Anna Christie,” which won best drama of 1922.

NEW YORK: BONI & LIVERIGHT, 1922
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000

The Hairy Ape: A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life in Eight Scenes: Characters; Scene I; Scene II; Scene III; Scene IV; Scene V; Scene VI; Scene VII; Scene VIII
Anna Christie: A Play in Four Acts: Characters; Act I; Act II; Act III; Act IV
The First Man: A Play in Four Acts: Characters; Act I; Act II; Act III; Act IV