Two compelling and thought-provoking plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. Anna Christie Eugene O'Neill's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning play about love and forgiveness charts one woman's longing to forget the dark secrets of her past and hope for salvation. Exiled from her home by the Old Devil Sea to the inland plains, Anna Christie's life changed for ever at just five years of age. Fifteen years later, she is reunited with the father who sent her away, and sets sail in search of a new beginning. Anna Christie was first staged at the Vanderbilt Theater, New York, in November 1921. Its first London production was at the Strand Theatre in April 1923. The Emperor Jones An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects. Brutus Jones rules his island's citizens from his opulent palace with tyrannical ease - until the day that they all disappear. They have retreated to the hills, following their former native leader Lem, and plan to revolt. It is time for the Emperor to make good his escape. The Emperor Jones was first performed at the Playwrights' Theater, New York, in November 1920. Its UK premiere was at the Ambassadors' Theatre, London, in September 1925. This edition includes a full introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.

ユージン・オニールが描くのは、宿命に抗う魂の叫びです。赦しと再生を希求するアンナ・クリスティの抒情性と、内なる恐怖に沈みゆく皇帝ジョーンズの表現主義的狂気は、孤独な個人の深層心理を鮮烈に抉り出します。彼の戯曲は、単なる劇作の枠を超え、人間の根源的な苦悩を問う文学的迷宮としての深遠な魅力を放っています。 映像化作品では、名優たちの身体表現が、テキストに潜む沈黙や熱量を圧倒的な臨場感で補完しています。活字で心理の機微を深く読み込み、映像でその情動を直接浴びるという贅沢なシナジーこそが、オニールが描こうとした逃れられぬ自己という真理をより立体的に浮かび上がらせるのです。