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The Straw

The Straw
Eugene O'Neill

The Straw is a three act play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1922. The play follows lead characters Eileen Carmody and Stephen Murray during their time at Hill Farm Sanatorium. This was the first of many multi-act plays that O'Neill produced and can be considered semi-biographical.

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“Irish as a Paddy's pig.”

Eugene O'Neill The Straw

Carmody: Act 1, Scene 2
The Straw (1919)

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“It's queer they'd be allowin' the sick ones to read books when I'll bet it's the same lazy readin' in the house bought the half of them down with the consumption itself.”

Eugene O'Neill The Straw

Carmody: Act 1, Scene 2
The Straw (1919)

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