Project Gutenberg 2023-12-17 Public domain in the USA. 138 O'Neill, Eugene 1888 1953 O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Eugene G. (Eugene Gladstone) Gold : $b A play in four acts $aNew York :$bBoni & Liveright, Inc., $c1920. Mary Glenn Krause, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Gold: A Play in Four Acts" by Eugene O'Neill is a dramatic play written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around Captain Isaiah Bartlett and his crew as they find themselves marooned on a barren coral island in the Malay Archipelago after their whaling ship has sunk. Themes of desperation, madness, greed, and the moral consequences of their actions emerge as the characters grapple with the discovery of what they believe to be gold, leading to tragic decisions. The opening of the play introduces the dire situation faced by the characters, particularly focusing on the interactions between Abel, a young boy, and Butler, the ship's cook. As they lie in the oppressive heat and discuss their dwindling water supply, the tension builds around their hopeless environment. Soon, Captain Bartlett and his crew arrive, delirious with excitement over a treasure chest they have found. The air thickens with greed and suspicion as they debate the value of the items inside, leading to a volatility that hints at the potential for violence and betrayal. The conversations reveal not only their immediate struggles but also set up an exploration of deeper themes related to morality and the cost of ambition, establishing a tense atmosphere that propels the narrative forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/goldplayinfourac00oneiuoft 20180430202741oneill 1920 US Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Families -- Drama Shipwreck survival -- Drama Ship captains -- Drama Greed -- Drama Guilt -- Drama PS Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Adventure 233051 2025-07-28T14:26:11.309909 text/html 214484 2023-12-17T13:04:47 text/html 349582 2025-07-28T14:26:16.492991 application/epub+zip 350736 2025-07-28T14:26:12.307964 application/epub+zip 131802 2025-07-28T14:26:11.742974 application/epub+zip 442754 2025-07-28T14:26:19.379897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405383 2025-07-28T14:26:15.957915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179497 2025-07-28T14:26:10.311942 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159636 2023-12-17T13:04:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16926 2025-07-28T14:26:19.567887 application/rdf+xml 19961 2025-07-28T14:26:11.894941 image/jpeg 2606 2025-07-28T14:26:11.811935 image/jpeg 336330 2025-07-28T14:26:11.332986 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia