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The Hairy Ape
THE
HAIRY APE
A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life

In Eight Scenes
By

EUGENE
O’NEILL
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Eugene O’Neill

THE HAIRY APE
A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life
In Eight Scenes
By

EUGENE O’NEILL

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The Hairy Ape

CHARACTERS
ROBERT SMITH, “YANK”
PADDY
LONG
MILDRED DOUGLAS
HER AUNT
SECOND ENGINEER
A GUARD
A SECRETARY OF AN ORGANIZATION
STOKERS, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, ETC.

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Eugene O’Neill

SCENE I
SCENE—The firemen’s forecastle of a transatlantic liner an hour
SCENE
after sailing from New York for the voyage across. Tiers of narrow, steel bunks, three deep, on all sides. An entrance in

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