Anna Christie

Anna Christie is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It made its Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 2, 1921. O'Neill received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this work. According to historian Paul Avrich, the original of Anna Christie was Christine Ell, an anarchist cook in Greenwich Village, who was the lover of Edward Mylius, a Belgian-born radical living in England who libeled the British king George V. Plot summary Anna Christie is the story of a former prostitute who falls in love, but runs into difficulty in turning her life around. Characters Johnny the Priest Two longshoremen A postman Larry — bartender Chris C. Christopherson — captain of the barge Simeon Winthrop Marthy Owen Anna Christopherson — Chris's daughter Mat Burke — a stoker Johnson — deckhand on barge Act I The first act takes place in a bar owned by Johnny the Priest and tended by Larry. Coal-barge captain Old Chris receives a letter from his daughter, a young woman he has not seen since he lived in Sweden with his family and she was five years old. They meet at the bar and she agrees to go to the coal barge with him.