The Hairy Ape: Eugene O'Neill
Author Bio

Eugene Gladstone O’Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. O’Neill is most widely known for his plays having some type of tragedy in them or a pessimistic outlook to some degree, although he did have one successful comedy (Ah Wilderness!). His plays were among the first to incorporate American vernacular!

Publication Blurb

FIRST PUBLICATION: “The Hairy Ape”, first produced in 1922 by the Provincetown Players and written by Eugene O’Neill, is a play that displays O’Neills concern for the oppressed industrial working class.