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1、ExperimentalTheatre1888–1953DesireUndertheElmsisaplaybyEugeneO'Neill,publishedin1924,andisnowconsideredanAmericanclassic.AlongwithMourningBecomesElectra,itrepresentsoneofO'Neill'sattemptstoplaceplotelementsandthemesofGreektragedyinaruralNewEnglandsetting.Afilmversionwasproducedin1
2、958,andthereisanoperaticsettingbyEdwardThomas.WidowerEphraimCabotabandonshisNewEnglandfarmtohisthreesons,whohatehimbutsharehisgreed.Eben,theyoungestandbrightestsibling,feelsthefarmishisbirthright,asitoriginallybelongedtohismother.Hebuysouthishalf-brothers'sharesofthefarmwithmoneys
3、tolenfromhisfather,andPeterandSimeonheadofftoCaliforniatoseektheirfortune.Later,Ephraimreturnswithanewwife,thebeautifulandheadstrongAbbie,whoentersintoanadulterousaffairwithEben.Soonafter,AbbiebearsEben'schild,butletsEphraimbelievethatthechildishis,inthehopesofsecuringherfuturewit
4、hthefarm.TheproudEphraimisobliviousashisneighborsopenlymockhimasacuckold.MadlyinlovewithEbenandfearfulitwouldbecomeanobstacletotheirrelationship,Abbiekillstheinfant.AnenragedanddistraughtEbenturnsAbbieovertothesheriff,butnotbeforeadmittingtohimselfthedepthsofhisloveforherandthusco
5、nfessinghisownroleintheinfanticide.WefirstmeetthethreesonsofEphraimCabot:Simeon(EvansJohnson)andPeter(RobertG.Siverls),fromhisfirstmarriage,andEben(CarlJayCofield),fromhissecond.Allthreeliveandworkonthefarm.Thethreethingsthesonshaveincommonarearesentmentoftheirfather,ahungertoownh
6、isfarm(aconditionthatseemscontagiousintheseparts)andthefacttheyareportrayedinthisproductionbyAfricanAmericanactors.Asfatherandnewwifearrive,SimeonandPeterdeparttoseekgoldinCalifornia.SimeonandPeterhavegiventheir"rights"tothefarmtoEben,inexchangeforthemoneytheyneedtoheadWest.Anewco
7、ntestant(Abbie)ofcoursehasnowappearedtocompetewithEbenfor"his"farm.ThecompetitiontakesasharpturnwhenAbbieseducesEben,andtheyseeminglyfallinlove.FreudpaysatheoreticalvisitwhenwelearnEbenalsoviewshisrelationshipwithAbbieashismother'srevengeagainsthisfather.Stickyquestionsoflove,hate
8、,revenge,greedandtrustabound..Whe
