Beyond the Horizon
BEYOND THE HORIZON
PLAYS BY
EUGENE G. O’NEILL
THE MOON OF THE CARIBBEES
and Six Other Plays of the Sea
CHRIS CHRISTOPHERSON
BEYOND THE HORIZON
A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
BY
EUGENE G. O’NEILL
BONI AND LIVERIGHT
Copyright, 1920,
By BONI & LIVERIGHT. Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
TO AGNES
| ACT I | ||
| Scene | I: | The Road. Sunset of a day in Spring. |
| Scene | II: | The Farm House. The same night. |
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| ACT II (Three years later) | ||
| Scene | I: | The Farm House. Noon of a Summer day. |
| Scene | II: | The top of a hill on the farm overlooking the sea. The following day. |
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| ACT III (Five years later) | ||
| Scene | I: | The Farm House. Dawn of a day in late Fall. |
| Scene | II: | The Road. Sunrise. |
CHARACTERS
James Mayo, a farmer
Kate Mayo, his wife
Captain Dick Scott, of the bark “Sunda,” her brother
| Andrew Mayo | sons of James Mayo | |
| Robert Mayo |
Ruth Atkins,
Mrs. Atkins, her widowed mother
Mary,
Ben, a farm hand
Doctor Fawcett.
(The “right” and “left” of the stage directions are the audience’s.)
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