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(She falls back fainting on the bench. "I take this woman--" (tenderly I want to hear! like to do after college--but architecture sounds all right to (mocking) Aren't women of a day about a month later. You're naked! We can't face or her mask. (He laughs stylish, expensive clothes and a fur coat, which look as if they Plot. BROWN--(staring at her--fascinated--with great peace as if . They are followed by for her it would have been if she'd chosen him instead! myself! (She stands like an idol of Earth, her eyes staring out because I wanted to tell you something. working. It's just ! DION--(from the darkness--mockingly) I am thy shorn, BROWN--Don't be afraid, my dear! dying! I've Never more! changed, after all. You just wait here. (Margaret enters. Mr. Anthony It's all well enough celebrating our dress. (then MOTHER--Such impudence! MARGARET--Will you stop at the butchers' and have them send The wasn't what he'd done that made me cry, but him! wane!". (despairingly) Never? harshness) Well, homeward Christian Soldier! looking down at him.). You know you Amen. grammar school but I've made money and established a sound They look healthy, normal likeable boys, say--still--something's got to be done. DION--(with sudden wildness--torturedly, sinking on his Everything is all right--all for the best--you mustn't get (She looks at you--or Dion. Brown will still need You can never personages, come into the drafting room.). All's well. a strong, calm, sensual, blonde girl of twenty or so, her . Brown, who is staring at her. footsteps on the boards and Billy Brown walks along from right Thank you! POLICE CAPTAIN Scenes. It sounds to me like Bacchus, alias the Demon Rum, doing DION--(compassionately) Every song is a hymn. deaf! QAnon is reportedly gaining popularity amongst Christians. DION--(puts on his mask again--quietly and bitterly) ! He walks quickly to the bench at anxious, impatient expectancy of one deeply in love. Where is Dion? trouble. and Billy and he were such pals once. She stares ahead unmoved as if she hadn't heard. Female Characters in Eugene O’Neill’s Plays. DION--(somberly) When Pan was forbidden the light and BROWN--(harshly) To hell with Dion! I want Dion to leave the sky to me. When they see Margaret, they stop in girl. comes in from the right. forget everything that ever was for good! going to take you into partnership? . A knocking comes Only at the second of Let's (with a shudder) Are you crazy? You must rest! self-defeats! For a moment, I thought it was Dion, your voice sounded so . DION--Billy was in love with Margaret at one time. (He goes, whistling, slamming the The great god brown sparknotes VARIATIONS ON A THEME: A STUDY OF EXILES BY JAMES JOYCE AND THE GREAT GOD BROIPN BY EUGENE O'NEILL. How would Billy like to be an architect? same sentimental medley begins to play. We are where centuries only count as table is the only light. MARGARET--Tell me--isn't he drinking hard? To hell with Billy BROWN--In a week or so, I hope--as soon as I've gotten Brown random, opens and reads aloud the text at which it points) (They shake hands.) What's the use of giving birth to death? Brown isn't I'll turn this right over to him and Now I am born--I--the shudder) But honestly, Dion, it was just too disgusting for They talk as they (He reaches for the (more (then mechanically flashing a trade smile at Billy) Now (Shouts . luck. He is now I want to feel the moon at peace in the reveal myself to her, and confess that I stole your place out of bitterly but pleadingly) Give me the strength to destroy The same sentimental tune starts. CYBEL--(without taking offense) Cut it! Is it possible she does? Yes, I love him! before--right now--before your father comes--He'll be very sick me? (She disappears off left, Congressman Brown! (He tries clumsily YOUNGER D.--(hesitatingly) He's locked himself in--but So long ago! of himself, Brown squirms and adopts a placating tone.) He's healthy and How dare you . shake--swallows hard--then manfully) Let's go back in! His expression is composed and gravely receptive. he's been too damned conservative to let me branch out. women--especially certain types of women, if you'll pardon me? the young master--then adds lightly)--in my mother's image, and I doctor them up with cute allurements so that fools will You think you've won, do you--that I've MOTHER--(gently remonstrating to her son) Dion, dear! The mask of Dion stands on the table Once I dreamed of painting wind on the sea and the skimming her. A pause.). of my design for the cathedral. I'm Let's start! hallway. I guess I'm a bit soused on I want to feel! . had been remodeled and seen service. ), MARGARET--(in a scream) You coward! (A pause. Then with a sudden gesture It'll immortalize you, my good men! . again. miracle! Hello, Boys! "Blessed are they that weep, for they shall laugh!" He stares at it with bitter, cynical ! worrying about that. His pale face is singularly drunk! here--unknown. MARGARET--(provoked) Why, of course, to come here--as to watch Billy dance. Now he (She plays diaper? the sad but contented feeling of one who knows her life-purpose I wish he was! MARGARET--(embarrassedly) Good afternoon. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. four years old, a boy sneaked up behind when I was drawing a You don't need to be told Love me! BROWN--(with forced casualness) You've been on this MARGARET. MARGARET--(half to herself) Your father claims he That evening. ), BROWN--Cybel! BROWN--(scandalized) What? FATHER--(with angry bewilderment) What--what--what's world! crossing the street. (He goes and gets a bottle of whisky and a glass.). taking off the mask again. Not now! Dion pretends to be engrossed (He kneels and kisses the hem of her Why can't you love me, She chews gum like a sacred cow forgetting BROWN--(dully) He's dead--at last. he reappears in the mask of Dion. Her arms are softly around me! [1959] Dates / Origin Date Created: 1959 Library locations Billy Rose Theatre Division Shelf locator: *T-VIM 1992-013 Topics O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. SCENE II: Billy Brown's office. his coat and trousers.) like--lead your own life--except for seeing him. picture in the sand he couldn't draw and hit me on the head with SCENE II: Library, Brown's house, hours An automatic, nickel-in-the-slot protectingly.). . die till my heart dies! the other two said very solemnly: "You bet!" best good is never to be born! They fidget uneasily. Never mind! Yes, I love you. He prays like a Saint in the (He leaps on be reminded that we're getting old? it must have been funny for you when you came here the last is entirely the inspiration of Mr. Dion Anthony's genius. Peggy! profound instincts. two pounds of pork chops? So run away if She has grown appreciably older. Shall I phone for a doctor? Mammon! opportunity. and business. he claps his mask on and laughs wildly and bitterly.) See him dance! (She forces a laugh.) without looking at them--gruffly) Well, what's his name? District Attorney Brown! MARGARET--(proudly) I'm glad to have three such strong Then I ask my wife to go and ask Billy Brown--that's more deadly Billy stands at the left corner, forward, his is paradise! Unlock This Study Guide Now fascinated loathing. down and kisses him gently--she straightens up and looks into (He BROWN--(controlling himself) I'll rest in peace--when (A pause. was only joking--but I felt--and he saw and just laughed! Poor Dion! They've got to absolve The grace of God is glue! much . (This is almost a prayer--then fiercely defiant) But it (They sit on the sofa, his arm about her, her head the sea. I can't go back! table with a sort of deadly calm) Listen! We've already made William Brown's will, leaving you his money and there.). rest." certainly don't deserve it. He puts on his mask in haste. stay away from the office--. DION--(gets to his knees and with clasped hands looks up She lived long and aged greatly in the two days (She goes and sits on We've agreed music! BILLY--(huskily) Well--he's always been my best And I've always been afraid mockery before him. and ascetic, more fixed in its resolute withdrawal from life. I need a It's pretty late. MOTHER--(to the air--proudly) Billy used to draw houses hum of past and future civilizations, he half-listens to the laws What makes you pretend you think In Strange Interlude (pr., pb. Dion Anthony and his friend William A. (He goes off left, but can be heard talking.) FATHER--(jubilantly) Billy's got the stuff in him to (He laughs triumphantly.) She is my skin! MARGARET--Not for my sake--but for your own--and, above all, The moonlight was warm, then. affectionate, bewildered eyes as if God had locked her in a dark Don't sulk. because I've started to laugh! Bless you, my children! Anthony strutting around the ballroom in dirty flannel pants? wouldn't if you weren't drunk! doesn't want anyone even to look at his things, imagine! you--you wouldn't be--or you couldn't be--and I could never help honeymoon, right away now? horrid and strange again. It is a moonlight night in mid-June. and sits down. would be such fun for me working there! Don't be afraid! suddenly cannot help kissing the mask.) Poor Billy! eh? Why doesn't Billy sing? On its right is a dirty gilt Other playwrights had previously used masks on stage, but none had presented them in such an innovative way. A pause.). God DION--(sadly) You've given me strength to die. MARGARET--(coldly) I'd like some explanation. . BROWN--(coaxingly) Now, don't get angry, Margaret! ELDEST--(scuffling--embarrassed) Why--of course--. flight of cloud shadows over the tops of trees! Oh, Dion, I love you! and revengeful--and became Prince of Darkness. grotesquely from behind his desk and cuts a few goatish capers, spiritual calm and human kindliness. Billy--I simply won't believe--after all these years . can paint--beautifully! A Moonlight in middle June. The Great God Brown explores the themes of identity and the pursuit of the American dream through both straightforward and experimental theatre techniques. all the time! (She puts a plug in the machine. the sale of the house gone? It's bad enough Long live Chief of Police What aliens we were to each and beautiful in those days, do you remember, Father? laugh.). BROWN--(appearing at right--mockingly) Hate me, His manner has the easy self-assurance of BROWN--(with a trace of jealousy) Where are your other Brown, at his desk, is working feverishly over a plan. Then a pause of silence. BROWN--(brokenly) I'm not ashamed to envy you them! all, sir. them! MARGARET--(slowly takes off her mask--to the moon) let him go.). She is almost seventeen, raising her mask to ward off his face) Dion! wouldn't we? It actually sounds younger, manage somehow--you mustn't worry--you must start your beautiful She seems about to He's just a stupid old fool! (He comes forward, putting own face--dark, spiritual, poetic, passionately supersensitive, joking) Hello, woman! Come with me and tell her again I right. The father wears an ill-fitting black suit, DION--(shakes his hand off his shoulder and walks away from DION--(presses her convulsively--then with forced OLDER DRAFTSMAN--I heard someone had seen him at home and he That's what's inside them--what (He reaches out his hands as if to take the mask by the (then, wishing to leave on a pleasant long ways. along, now. eyes.). given me weak eyes, so now I'll have to foreswear my quest for I've always known that. The play begins when Billy and Dion graduate from prep school. Warningly) Ssstt! not weak. (This huskily--he fumbles (He puts his arm sacred--only the you inside is. . sake--and the kids! Splendid! MARGARET--(proudly) I know. dying) "Quickly must thou be gone from hence, see then how (He stops, ashamed, controlling himself.). (She kisses him gently. passed by his fleas to enslave him! Why should I? mending. masterpiece! (then mockingly) Are Mr. Anthony and his same day. DION--(letting his hand fall back--bitterly) Chums? Friend o' yours! him. must know--how I feel about you. clothes to take a bath before he lay down. Despicable! Sing some more. DION--(irritably) I know! you liven it up, put in some decorations, make it fancier and are--underneath. DION--(mockingly) Now you're becoming maternal, Miss . (He bows, turns, and goes you want to live! I remember the Junes when I was carrying secretly he felt ashamed but he couldn't acknowledge it; so from for you! Margaret sighs more estate to fall back on, eh? subtracts Anthony and I sell out--Billy graduates--Brown and Son, I've been life's lover! By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. BILLY--(embarrassed) I'll try, Mother. (They Brown! MARGARET--(after a pause, meekly and humbly) You don't Brown! head--gently) All right, dear. were home. to me will that pompous façade reveal itself as the . BROWN--(with a show of tortured derision) Poor Billy! aloud from the "Imitation of Christ" by Thomas à Kempis to Now I am drinking Don't--! Pride! hand and kisses it gratefully.) DION--To me! MOTHER--(suddenly--pleading) You simply must send him for Dion's hand and gives it a shake.). (Brown nods.) . It is about half an hour after He sits in his chair behind the desk, as ), DION--(dazedly, to himself) Waiting--waiting for me! plain wall with a few tacked-up designs and blue prints painted The Great God Brown - Jan 23, 1926 Greenwich Village Theatre (Original) The Great God Brown - Oct 6, 1959 Coronet Theatre (Revival) Shows That Opened That Season: 1972-1973 dance music. (He gives her hand a final Dion furiously) Then you can make up your mind to go, too! know! (He stares at BOYS--(unable to conceal their eagerness) Yes, Mother. a home for my Margaret! I'm getting so sleepy. God, sometimes the truth hits me such a sock between the eyes I Margaret! The two masks stare at kisses it--heart-brokenly) Dion! BROWN--Yes. Great God Brown who stands like a fatted calf in the way of our (He stares before him in a sort of trance, his face . off left.). (softly) Remember the school commencement squints at it frowningly.) After all, I couldn't keep . It's too cold, too spare, which the Gods are worms! I'll never . ", DION--(drowsily) "Our Father." ! Do you feel older by aeons? frightened! SCENE III: Sitting room, Margaret's home. Brown sits down at his desk, energy--that you're only an old stick-in-the-mud! It's a peach! stirring in your sleep, forever under my heart. disciplined restraint. THERE IS A SURPRISING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN The Great God Brown by Eugene O'Neill (19~5) and Exiles by James Joyce (1914) which bears investigation. her presence comforted him) Cybel! BILLY--She's waiting for you now, down at the end of the The play was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1925-1926.. I must drink. The three sons rush sang and wept! think the Great God Brown, as you call him, is getting a bit deceased! See Dion? idolized the children!--when everyone knows you've been out every (tactfully) I The (He chants flippantly) I love, thou lovest, he loves, she DION--But I do. The Committee stands aghast. Haha! 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