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1、DesireUndertheElmsDesireUndertheElms(1924),adramabyEugeneO'Neill.[GreenwichVillageTheatre,208perf.]EphraimCabot(WalterHuston),unsparingandmiserly,workstheNewEnglandfarmheinheritedfromhissecondwifewiththehelpofhisthreesons.Theyoungest,Eben(CharlesEllis),blameshisfatherforh
2、ismother'sdeath,insistinghekilledherwithoverwork.Eben'solderhalf‐brothers,Simeon(AllenNagle)andPeter(PerryIvins),longforabetterlifeinCalifornia.Whentheseventy‐five‐year‐oldEphraimappearswithhisthirdwife,anambitiousyoungwidow,AbbiePutnam(MaryMorris),theolderboysselltheirsh
3、arestoEbenandheadforthegoldfields.AbbieseducesEben,andwhentheirchildisborn,Ephraim,believingthechildhis,makesthebabyhisheir.EbendenouncesAbbie,butshehascometolovehim.Toproveherlove,shekillsthebaby.Ebencallsthepolice,butrecognizingthathe,inturn,hascometoloveAbbie,claimshea
4、ssistedinthekilling.Ephraimpreparestotendthefarmaloneastheyoungcouplearetakenaway.StarkYoungsawthework'ssimilaritytoBeyondtheHorizonbutjudgedit“betterwrittenthroughout;ithasasmuchtragicgloomandirony,butamorematureconceptionandamoreimaginativeausterity.”Whentheplaywasmoved
5、uptownitwasnotparticularlysuccessfuluntilthepoliceattemptedtocloseit.Thenotorietyhelpedtheplayachieveanacceptablerun.AnANTArevivalin1952metwithamodestrunbutaCircleintheSquareproductionin1963,featuringGeorgeC.Scott,ColleenDewhurst,andRipTorn,wasverysuccessful.SynopsisWidow
6、erEphraimCabotabandonshisNewEnglandfarmtohisthreesons,whohatehimbutsharehisgreed.Eben,theyoungestandbrightestsibling,feelsthefarmishisbirthright,asitoriginallybelongedtohismother.Hebuysouthishalf-brothers'sharesofthefarmwithmoneystolenfromhisfather,andPeterandSimeonheadof
7、ftoCaliforniatoseektheirfortune.Later,Ephraimreturnswithanewwife,thebeautifulandheadstrongAbbie,whoentersintoanadulterousaffairwithEben.Soonafter,AbbiebearsEben'schild,butletsEphraimbelievethatthechildishis,inthehopesofsecuringherfuturewiththefarm.TheproudEphraimisoblivio
8、usashisneighborsopenlymockhimasacuckold.MadlyinlovewithEbenandfearfulitwouldbecomeanobstacletoth
