Anna Christie

By: Eugene O'Neill

Narrated by: Susan Iannucci, P. J. Morgan, Craig Franklin, John Burlinson, Sara Morsey, David Stifel, Russell Gold

Will the unlikely romance between the rough and tumble stoker, Mat Burke, and Anna Christopherson, the world-weary daughter of the captain of a coal barge, survive? Set in 1910, the timeless question of, "How does love make us grow?" is pondered.

This American classic, Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill, is a play in four acts and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922. Enjoy listening!

Cast

Narrator - Susan J Iannucci
Johnny-the-Priest - David Stifel
1st Longshoreman - Ron Altman
2nd Longshoreman - Alan Weyman
Postman - Ted Wenskus
Larry the Bartender - Jeff Moon
Chris Christopherson - John Burlinson
Marthy Owen - Sara Morsey
Anna Christopherson - P. J. Morgan
Mat Burke/ The Voice - Craig Franklin
Johnson - Russell Gold

Audio edited by Susan Iannucci.

Public Domain (P)2017 The Online Stage

A long lost daughter and the Devil Sea

A long lost daughter and the Devil Sea

Playwright #eugeneoneill introduced the two main characters in an earlier, less successful play but this rework, of a Swedish Barge Captain and his long lost daughter whom he had shipped off to the American countryside upon the death of his wife to remove her from the long tradition of Seamen married to long suffering wives proved more tragic for her than the mariner cycle of their forebearers. In the process, the play made its way to #broadway and was also the recipient of the #1922 #pulitzerprizefordrama which is what I was reading it as part of the #pulitzerprizereadingchallenge , O'Neill's second of four Pulitzer Prizes.

As well as downloading the script to read, I also listened to an audible version which does give the reading fuller interpretation. What seems to be heading for a tragedy resolves humorously as the title character ultimately finds herself on the course of her ancestral predecessors. While dated and sexist, it fits the rough and tumble life of mariners of the time and received 177 performances at the #vanderbilttheatre on Broadway. As I am a sucker for Sea stories, I found it to be a fun read.
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