The Emperor Jones
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The Emperor Jones is a 1920 expressionist play by Eugene O'Neill that follows the psychological and moral unraveling of a corrupt Black emperor fleeing a Caribbean island revolt.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Emperor Jones canonical | 7 |
| The Emperor Jones (The Wooster Group production) | 1 |
| The Emperor Jones (opera) | 1 |
| The Emperor Jones (stage role) | 1 |
| film "The Emperor Jones" | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expressionist play
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play ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Emperor Jones (1933 film)
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The Emperor Jones self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Emperor Jones (opera)
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| author | Eugene O'Neill ⓘ |
| character |
Brutus Jones
ⓘ
Lem ⓘ Smithers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dramaticTechnique |
expressionist staging and lighting
ⓘ
hallucinatory visions ⓘ |
| firstProducedBy | Provincetown Players ⓘ |
| firstPublisher |
Boni & Liveright
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surface form:
Boni and Liveright
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| genre |
expressionist drama
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tragedy ⓘ |
| hasControversy | use of racial stereotypes ⓘ |
| hasForm | stage play ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | African American theatre representation debates ⓘ |
| hasStyle | nonlinear psychological journey ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of tyranny
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corruption ⓘ fear and guilt ⓘ identity and race ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Brutus Jones ⓘ |
| movement | modernist theatre ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive use of monologue
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use of drumbeat as sound motif ⓘ use of expressionist techniques ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American modern drama ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A corrupt Black emperor named Brutus Jones flees a Caribbean island revolt and experiences a psychological and moral unraveling in the forest. ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1920-11-01 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Provincetown Playhouse, New York City ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Brutus Jones ⓘ |
| setting | Caribbean island ⓘ |
| soundMotif | increasingly rapid drumbeat ⓘ |
| structure | one-act play ⓘ |
| subject |
abuse of power
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colonialism ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ race relations ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| writer | Eugene O'Neill ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
film "The Emperor Jones"
this entity surface form:
The Emperor Jones (The Wooster Group production)
this entity surface form:
The Emperor Jones (opera)
this entity surface form:
The Emperor Jones (stage role)