This book is a critical edition of Eugene O'Neill's famous, quasi-expressionistic play "The Hairy Ape." In addition to the drama's authoritative text, followed by exhaustive explanatory notes, "'The Hairy Ape': Text and Context" contains an introduction to O'Neill's life and work; a chronology of the Industrial Revolution, the Machine Age, and the two years during which the play was written and produced; a preface to "The Hairy Ape" as well as a long critical analysis of this drama; a production history of the play that includes reviews of the original productions; and several concluding bibliographies on Eugene O'Neill and "The Hairy Ape."
