20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN DRAMA

作为美国第一流的剧作家，奥尼尔对於美国现代戏剧风格的建立，有过不少贡献。因之，他的作品代表了美国现代戏剧的几个趋向。其中有一个最显著的特色是，故意把单调朴实的现实主义散文和大胆创新的表现主义技巧结合起来。那就好像是亨利·易卜生和伯托特·布莱希特合为一人。在某种意义上，的确如此。奥尼尔开始写作时，美国戏剧还须竭力寻求易卜生早在二十多年以前就已说到过的发现。可是到了世界大战结束时，欧洲戏剧才开始向乔治·凯泽的《煤气厂》(Gas) 和卡雷尔．恰佩克的《机器人》(R.U.R.)之类的表现主义狂想剧的方向发展。尤金·奥尼尔和他的同业，数年之内便完成了整个过程，使美国戏剧几乎在一夜之间便赶上了欧洲。

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CHARLES MARSDEN

PROFESSOR HENRY LEEDS

NINA LEEDS, his daughter

EDMUND DARRELL

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LAVINIA MANNON

ORIN, her brother

PETER NILES

HAZEL, his sister

SETH

AMOS AMES

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CHRISTINE, Ezra Mannon's widow

LAVINIA (VINNIE), her daughter

To Carlotta   my wife

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IBNU ASWAD, a Moorish chieftain
JUAN PONCE DE LEON
PEDRO, his servant
MARIA DE CORDOVA

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BRUTUS JONES, Emperor
HENRY SMITHERS, a Cockney Trader
AN OLD NATIVE WOMAN
LEM, a Native Chief
SOLDIERS, adherents of Lem

The Little Formless Fears; Jeff; The Negro Convicts; The Prison Guard;
The Planters; The Auctioneer; The Slaves; The Congo Witch-Doctor;
The Crocodile God

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WILLIAM A. BROWN

HIS FATHER, a contractor