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The Straw, by Eugene O'Neill
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Title: The Straw
Author: Eugene O'Neill
Release Date: September 16, 2007 [EBook #22638]
Language: English
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The Emperor Jones
The Straw, and 'Diff'rent
Three Plays by
Eugene O'Neill
Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square, London
FIRST PUBLISHED 1922 REPRINTED IN 1925 REPRINTED IN 1931 REPRINTED IN 1935 REPRINTED IN 1953 REPRINTED IN 1955 REPRINTED IN 1958 REPRINTED IN 1965
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BUTLER AND TANNER LTD. FROME AND LONDON BOUND BY A. W. BAIN AND CO. LTD.
Characters
Bill Carmody Mary } Nora } his children Tom } Billy } Doctor Gaynor Fred Nicholls Eileen Carmody, Bill's eldest child Stephen Murray Miss Howard, a nurse in training Miss Gilpin, superintendent of the Infirmary Doctor Stanton, of the Hill Farm Sanatorium Doctor Simms, his assistant Mr. Sloan Peters, a patient Mrs. Turner, matron of the Sanatorium Miss Bailey } Mrs. Abner } Patients Flynn } Other Patients of the Sanatorium Mrs. Brennan
(The characters are named in the order in which they