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Eugene O'Neill's drama Anna Christie was first produced on Broadway in 1921 and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1922. It focuses on three main characters: Chris Christopherson, a Swedish captain of a coal barge and longtime seaman, his daughter Anna, who has grown up separated from her father on a Minnesota farm, and Mat Burke, an Irish stoker who works on steamships. At the beginning of the play Chris and Anna are reunited after fifteen years apart. Anna comes to live on her father's coal barge, but hides the secret of her past from him. When she meets Mat after an accident in the fog, they almost immediately fall in love - but Anna finds that forging a new future will not be easy. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast "Johnny-the-priest": <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4741">Nullifidian</a> First Longshoreman/Voice: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6312">jwg</a> Second Longshoreman/Johnson: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6035">Marty Kris</a> Postman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6333">Max Korlinge</a> Larry: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5635">Matthew Reece</a> Chris Christopherson: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234">Lars Rolander</a> Marthy Owen: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6426">Pat Redstone</a> Anna Christopherson: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a> Mat Burke: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4344">Tadhg Hynes</a> Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5141">David Goldfarb</a> Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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Eugene O'Neill's drama Anna Christie was first produced on Broadway in 1921 and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1922. It focuses on three main characters: Chris Christopherson, a Swedish captain of a coal barge and longtime seaman, his daughter Anna, who has grown up separated from her father on a Minnesota farm, and Mat Burke, an Irish stoker who works on steamships. At the beginning of the play Chris and Anna are reunited after fifteen years apart. Anna comes to live on her father's coal barge, but hides the secret of her past from him. When she meets Mat after an accident in the fog, they almost immediately fall in love - but Anna finds that forging a new future will not be easy. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast"Johnny-the-priest": NullifidianFirst Longshoreman/Voice: jwgSecond Longshoreman/Johnson: Marty KrisPostman: Max KorlingeLarry: Matthew ReeceChris Christopherson: Lars RolanderMarthy Owen: Pat RedstoneAnna Christopherson: Elizabeth KlettMat Burke: Tadhg HynesNarrator: David GoldfarbAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

Eugene O'Neill's drama Anna Christie was first produced on Broadway in 1921 and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1922. It focuses on three main characters: Chris Christopherson, a Swedish captain of a coal barge and longtime seaman, his daughter Anna, who has grown up separated from her father on a Minnesota farm, and Mat Burke, an Irish stoker who works on steamships. At the beginning of the play Chris and Anna are reunited after fifteen years apart. Anna comes to live on her father's coal barge, but hides the secret of her past from him. When she meets Mat after an accident in the fog, they almost immediately fall in love - but Anna finds that forging a new future will not be easy. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast "Johnny-the-priest": <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4741" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nullifidian</a> First Longshoreman/Voice: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6312" rel="noopener noreferrer">jwg</a> Second Longshoreman/Johnson: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6035" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marty Kris</a> Postman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6333" rel="noopener noreferrer">Max Korlinge</a> Larry: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5635" rel="noopener noreferrer">Matthew Reece</a> Chris Christopherson: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lars Rolander</a> Marthy Owen: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6426" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pat Redstone</a> Anna Christopherson: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elizabeth Klett</a> Mat Burke: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4344" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tadhg Hynes</a> Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5141" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Goldfarb</a> Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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