Anna Christie

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Anna Christie is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by American dramatist Eugene O'Neill that explores themes of redemption, family, and identity through the story of a former prostitute reconnecting with her estranged father.

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instanceOf play
stage work
adaptedTo film
author Eugene O'Neill
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
awardYear 1922
broadwayPremiereLocation New York City
characterOccupation coal barge stoker (Mat Burke)
sailor (Chris Christopherson)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dramaticForm four-act play
feature protagonist is a former prostitute
firstPerformanceDate 1921
genre drama
realist drama
hasAct Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
hasAdaptation Anna Christie (1923 film)
Anna Christie (1930 film)
Anna Christie (1930 film adaptation screenplay)
surface form: Anna Christie (German-language film, 1930)
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: American realism
mainCharacter Anna Christie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Anna Christie (character)

Chris Christopherson
Mat Burke
notableFor complex female protagonist
portrayal of working-class life
use of maritime imagery
originalLanguage English
partOf Eugene O'Neill
surface form: Eugene O'Neill's body of work
plotFocus reconciliation between a woman and her estranged father
publicationYear 1922
publisherOfFirstEdition Boni & Liveright
surface form: Boni and Liveright
setting New York City
coal barge
waterfront bar
subjectMatter father–daughter relationship
seafaring life
theme family
forgiveness
gender roles
identity
immigrant experience
past trauma
redemption
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century
writtenBy Eugene O'Neill

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