by Eugene O'Neill
Two compelling and thought-provoking plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.
Anna Christie is a spellbinding, naturalistic account of the decline and redemption of a young harbour-front prostitute, taking in family conflicts and the harsh realities of life for women in the early years of the twentieth century.
Anna and her father Chris, a sea captain, are attempting reconciliation after a childhood estrangement. She becomes romantically involved with another man of the sea, and her 'troubled' past is disclosed. To remedy the bitterness between them, they will both need to learn what it means to love and be loved - and how to forgive.
The Emperor Jones is an expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects
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