<DIV>This volume brings to readers a selection of Eugene O'Neill's early work, written between 1914 and 1921 and produced for the stage between 1916 and 1922. Included here are: seven one-act plays, <b>The Moon of the Caribbees</b>, <b>Bound East for Cardiff</b>, <b>In the Zone</b>, <b>The Long Voyage Home</b>, <b>Ile</b>, <b>Where the Cross Is Made</b>, and <b>The Rope</b>; and five full-length plays, <b>Beyond the Horizon</b>, <b>The Straw, Anna Christie</b>, and the classics <b>The Emperor Jones</b> and <b>The Hairy Ape</b>. The majority of the plays are heavily influenced by German expressionism-Freud, Nietzsche, Strindberg, and the radical leftist politics in which O'Neill was involved during his youth. Included in this unique collection is the little known and highly autobiographical play, <b>The Straw</b>, which draws on O'Neill's confinement in the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium.</div>