Emporer Jones and Eugene O'Neill

I saw "Emporer Jones" last night at Iron Age Theatre in Norristown. The play, performances and experience are powerful ones..so powerful I wanted to share my feelings today. One can see O'Neill's work many times over and still learn, expereience and feel the wounded poet that he was. The wonderful play last night took me deeper into O'Neill's mind than ever before, even though I have read just about everything he wrote and have seen many of his plays. The rich bamboo of the jungle takes us into his isolation as a man and a writer, surrounded by the ghosts of his past and fueled by lonliness and his never ending talent. One goes deep into his mind in "Jones" and this gives us the chance to face our own ghosts and the dread of being trapped as Jones does. Go see this play. It runs for three weeks. And remember, we bring O'Neill to Camden April 29th in the form of his beautiful and tragic "A Moon For the Misbegotton". Take this spring to really feel the genius that is Eugene O'Neill.