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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Anna Christie, by Eugene O'Neill This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Anna Christie Author: Eugene O'Neill Posting Date: June 4, 2009 [EBook #4025] Release Date: May, 2003 First Posted: October 12, 2001 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANNA CHRISTIE *** Produced by Charles Franks, Robert Rowe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "ANNA CHRISTIE" A Play in Four Acts By EUGENE O'NEILL CHARACTERS "JOHNNY-THE-PRIEST" TWO LONGSHOREMEN A POSTMAN LARRY, bartender CHRIS. CHRISTOPHERSON, captain of the barge "Simeon Winthrop" MARTHY OWEN ANNA CHRISTOPHERSON, Chris's daughter THREE MEN OF A STEAMER'S CREW MAT BURKE, a stoker JOHNSON, deckhand on the barge SCENES ACT I "Johnny-the-Priest's" saloon near the waterfront. New York City. ACT II The barge, Simeon Winthrop, at anchor in the harbor of Provincetown, Mass. Ten days later. ACT III Cabin of the barge, at dock in Boston. A week later. ACT IV The same. Two days later. Time of the Play--About 1910. ACT I SCENE--"Johnny-The-Priest's" saloon near South Street, New York City. The stage is divided into two sections, showing a small back room on the right. On the left, forward, of the barroom, a large window looking out on the street. Beyond it, the main entrance--a double swinging door. Farther back, another window. The bar runs from left to right nearly the whole length of the rear wall. In back of the bar, a small showcase displaying a few bottles of case goods, for which there is evidently little call. The remainder of the rear space in front of the large mirrors is occupied by half-barrels of cheap whiskey of the "nickel-a-shot" variety, from which the liquor is drawn by means of spigots. On the right is an open doorway leading to the back room. In the back room are four round wooden tables with five chairs grouped about each. In the rear, a family entrance opening on a side street. It is late afternoon of a day in fall. As the curtain rises, Johnny is discovered. "Johnny-The-Priest" deserv
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