"Happy Ending (?)" Typescript

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O’Neill, Eugene. 1921. "Happy Ending (?)" Typescript. 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/48539

Title: "Happy Ending (?)" Typescript
Description: Although Anna Christie received uniformly favorable reviews when it opened in November 1921, the critics perceived the play's final act -- its "happy ending" -- as contrived. O'Neill composed this defense of both his play and his integrity as a playwright. On December 18, 1921, the New York Times ran O'Neill's defense.
Creator: O'Neill, Eugene
Date: 1921, December
Subject: O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 "Anna Christie,"
Source: Harley Hammerman Collection on Eugene O’Neill; Box 02, Folder 13
Format: Typescript
Identifier: mss160-02-02-13-001; mss160-02-02-13-002; mss160-02-02-13-003; mss160-02-02-13-004
Relation: eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O’Neill Archive