The Hairy Ape (stage play)

'''O'Neill, Eugene. The Hairy Ape: A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life in Eight Scenes.''' Selected Plays of Eugene O'Neill. New York: Random House, 1922. Rpt. Literature: An Introduction. X. J. Kennedy, ed. Boston: Little, 1966 f.

Scenes I and III relevant: The central male character, Yank, as "The Hairy Ape" opposed to and "part of de engines" (in Kennedy 1203). EON's intention for Scene I was "a cramped space in the bowels of a ship, imprisoned by white steel" (1197-98).

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