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''The Emperor Jones'', by Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953); Witwatersrand [[University Players]] in 1928:

== Sources ==
''Footlights'', 1(4):10, 1929:

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−	''The Emperor Jones'' (1920), by American playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]] (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.	+	'''''The Emperor Jones''''' (1920) is a play by American playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]] (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.

	Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.		Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.

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 Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.
-Performed by the Witwatersrand [[University Players]] in 1928.
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
-Rhodes University College Dramatic Society production produced by [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[Norman Addleson]] on 20-21 June 1946, with Leon Gluckman and [[Beth Dickerson]] amongst others in the cast.
+: Performed by the Witwatersrand [[University Players]].
-[[Union Artists]] staged the play, directed by [[Leon Gluckman]] and starring [[Joseph Mogotsi|Joe Mogotsi]] in 1960. It had an all-black supporting cast of thirty actors and was staged at the Wits Great Hall, opening 25 January 1960. Costumes designed by [[Arthur Goldreich]]. Later they staged it in a tent in the Showgrounds in Pretoria after much hostile negotiation.
+: Rhodes University College Dramatic Society production produced by [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[Norman Addleson]] on 20-21 June, with Leon Gluckman and [[Beth Dickerson]] amongst others in the cast.
 == Sources ==
 ''Footlights'', 1(4):10, 1929.
 ''World Drama'', by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949, p 884.

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 Performed by the Witwatersrand [[University Players]] in 1928.
-[[Union Artists]] staged the play, directed by [[Leon Gluckman]] and starring [[Joseph Mogotsi|Joe Mogotsi]] in 1960. It had an all-black supporting cast of thirty actors and was staged at the Wits Great Hall. Later they staged it in a tent in the Showgrounds in Pretoria after much hostile negotiation.
+Rhodes University College Dramatic Society production produced by [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[Norman Addleson]] on 20-21 June 1946, with Leon Gluckman and [[Beth Dickerson]] amongst others in the cast.
 == Sources ==

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	Performed by the Witwatersrand [[University Players]] in 1928.		Performed by the Witwatersrand [[University Players]] in 1928.
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		+	[[Union Artists]] staged the play, directed by [[Leon Gluckman]] and starring [[Joseph Mogotsi\|Joe Mogotsi]] in 1960. It had an all-black supporting cast of thirty actors and was staged at the Wits Great Hall. Later they staged it in a tent in the Showgrounds in Pretoria after much hostile negotiation.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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−	''The Emperor Jones'' (1920), by American playwright ''Eugene O'Neill]] (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.	+	''The Emperor Jones'' (1920), by American playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]] (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.

	Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.		Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.

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−	''The Emperor Jones'' (1920), by American playwright Eugene ~~O’Neill~~ (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.	+	''The Emperor Jones'' (1920), by American playwright ''Eugene O'Neill]] (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.

	Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.		Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.

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	''The Emperor Jones'' (1920), by American playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.		''The Emperor Jones'' (1920), by American playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.
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		+	Published in ''Nine plays, selected by the author''. Random House, 1932.

	Performed by the Witwatersrand [[University Players]] in 1928.		Performed by the Witwatersrand [[University Players]] in 1928.

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-''The Emperor Jones'', by Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953); Witwatersrand [[University Players]] in 1928:
+''The Emperor Jones'' (1920), by American playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953), in which a new style is tried; expressionism takes the place of realism in a drama which is, in effect, one long dramatic soliloquy revealing the terror that enters a Negro's soul as, driven into the jungle, he flies in terror from the beating of the drums.
 == Sources ==
-''Footlights'', 1(4):10, 1929:
+''Footlights'', 1(4):10, 1929.