Eugene O'Neill's THE EMPEROR JONES

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In 1900, on a remote island in the West Indies, a Black male American--a former Pullman porter and convict--is forced to reckon with the consequences of employing his cunning to take advantage of the superstitious natives. Adapted from Nobel Prize winning playwright Eugene O'Neill's classic play, written in 1920. In 1900, on a remote island in the West Indies, a Black male American--a former Pullman porter and convict--is forced to reckon with the consequences of employing his cunning to take advantage of the superstitious natives. Adapted from Nobel Prize winning playwright Eugene O'Neill's classic play, written in 1920.