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The Emperor Jones

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At 9.15 World Theatre presents Gordon Heath in 'The Emperor Jones' by Eugene O'Neill

The action of the play takes place on an island as yet not self-determined by White Mariners. The form of native government is, for the time being, an Empire

SCENE 1 Audience Chamber in the Emperor's Palace
Smithers, a Cockney trader............Frank Atkinson
Old native woman...................Nan Marriott-Watson
The Emperor Jones............................Gordon Heath
SCENE 2 Nightfall: the Forest
Jeff Errol Hill
Convict Errol John
Prison Guard...............................Eddy Reed
Auctioneer Oliver Burt
Congo Witch-Doctor...........................Ian Catford
SCENE 3 3 The Edge of the Forest
Lem Eric Lugg
THE PLAY ADAPTED AND PRODUCED BY R. D. SMITH

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