Play review – “Anna Christie” by Eugene O’Neill

Hookers, sailors, waterfront bars – its Eugene O’Neill of course, a very influential play whose situations are now stock. It holds up well, due to the drama and the wonderful writing, the flowing words, the way O’Neill phrases things: Chris the Swede going on about “dat ole devil sea”, hard arsed Anna, the luggish but also kind muscly Irishman. Its Anna and Chris then act two is Anna and the Irish guy.