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“A work ahead of its time,” “a small masterpiece,” “one of the most polished - if not the most polished - one-act plays ever written by an American author” are some of the descriptions attributed by scholars to Eugene O'Neill's Hughie.
Written in 1941, it is the last work of the Nobel Prize-winning American author, a product of his maturity, pioneering in its conception and structure. In the reception area of a disastrous hotel in the center of New York City, a failed gambler, Erie Smith, tries to strike up a conversation with the new receptionist to pass the night.
The more the employee remains silent, the more Erie talks incessantly. The underworld of Broadway, the card players, the losers, and the high-class prostitutes come alive through Erie's narratives, where laughter meets despair and reality meets fantasy.
O'Neill masterfully incorporates, within the small form of a one-act play, patterns and writing techniques found in his longer works. An exceptional text, among the most important in the American repertoire of the 20th century, published for the first time in our country.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Eugene O' Neill
- Publisher
- Iridanos
- Original Title
- Hughie
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 66
- Release Date
- 04/06/2024
- Publication Date
- 2024
- Award
- -
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- Art Movement
- Modernism
- Art Albums
- Yes
- Subjects
- Movie, theater
- ISBN-13
- 9789603355403
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