All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Anna Christie”
1922 Pulitzer winner “Anna Christie” by Eugene O’Neill
“Anna Christie” Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Christie
Eugene O’Neill Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill
“Anna Christie” script
https://bookshop.org/p/books/anna-christie-eugene-oneill/12160115?ean=9781721663170
Alexander Wolcott’s 1922 review
https://web.archive.org/web/20180829174248/http://eoneill.com/artifacts/reviews/ac1_times.htm
O’Neill’s letter to the Times about the ending
https://www.nytimes.com/1921/12/18/archives/the-mail-bag-from-eugene-g-o-neill.html
“The Rise of Eugene O’Neill” by Kenneth McGowan, Vanity Fair; October 1923
https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1923/10/the-rise-of-eugene-oneill
“Vows, Veils, and Masks: The Performance of Marriage in the Plays of Eugene O’Neill” by Beth Wynestra (coming out in July)
https://bookshop.org/p/books/vows-veils-and-masks-the-performance-of-marriage-in-the-plays-of-eugene-o-neill-beth-wynstra/19414762?ean=9781609389031
The Eugene O’Neill Foundation
https://eugeneoneill.org/
“The Theatre: Singing Anna Christie; ‘New Girl in Town’” by Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/15/archives/the-theatre-singing-anna-christie-new-girl-in-town-opens-at-46th-st.html
“Theater: Liv Ullmann’s ‘Anna Christie’” by Clive Barnes, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/15/archives/new-jersey-weekly-theater-liv-ullmanns-anna-christie-quinteros.html
“Review/Theater; A Fierce View of Tragic Lives” by Frank Rich, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/15/theater/review-theater-a-fierce-view-of-tragic-lives.html
Eugene O’Neill: A Life in Four Acts by Robert M. Dowling
https://bookshop.org/books/eugene-o-neill-a-life-in-four-acts/9780300219715
the 1930 movie on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9TDc2VMSx0
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Broadway & Me
Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.
