Anna Christie - Eugene ONeill
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: full cast
Tags: General Fiction, Full Cast, Adults, Literature
Anna Christie By: Eugene ONeill Narrated by: Dwier Brown, Alley Mills, full cast Length: 1 hr and 40 mins Performance Release date: 03-15-01 Language: English Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works, Editorial Reviews, Eugene ONeills 1922 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama (his second of four Pulitzers) may seem, with its slangy dialects, a shade unsubtle to readers today. But listeners probably wont notice, thanks to this excellent, nuanced production. Stacy Keach emphasizes the likable, vulnerable side of a Swedish coal-barge captain reunited after 15 years with his daughter. Keach prevents the father from descending into caricature. Alison Elliot also avoids the stereotype inherent in her part as his man-hating prostitute daughter, and Dwier Brown conveys both innocence and scorn as a young Irish seaman. Atmospheric sound effects are laid in subtly. A saloon-and-sea drama, this early ONeill triumph has deservedly found a rich, new life., Publishers Summary, The passion of a coal barge captains daug
