Eugene O’Neill to Ernest Boyd

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O’Neill, Eugene. 1921. Eugene O’Neill to Ernest Boyd. eOneill.Com: An Electronic Eugene O’Neill Archive, The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman's Eugene O'Neill Collection, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/assembled-playwright/item/48537

Title: Eugene O’Neill to Ernest Boyd
Description: Boyd was a critic who wrote that the ending of Anna Christie was the worst anti-climax in the theatre -- after one of the most tremendous third acts ever written. He also described O’Neill’s The Straw as depressing, unpleasant, and vulgar. O’Neill sent the “Happy Ending (?)” typescript, also seen here, with the letter.
Creator: O'Neill, Eugene
Date: 1921, December 6
Subject: O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 "Anna Christie,"
Source: Harley Hammerman Collection on Eugene O’Neill; Box 01, Folder 03
Format: Letter
Identifier: mss160-01-01-03-01-1921-001.JPG; mss160-01-01-03-01-1921-002.JPG
Relation: eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O’Neill Archive