Irish-American playwright." 2009: Director Sean Graney of the Hypocrites Theatre Company staged a production of The Hairy Ape at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p69gm |title=BBC – Drama on 3 – The Hairy Ape}}</ref> BBC Radio 3 broadcast a radio adaptation of The Hairy Ape directed by Toby Swift later that year. 2012: The first major London revival in 25 years at the Southwark Playhouse in London Bridge. Director Philip Boehm of Upstream Theater staged an acclaimed production of The Hairy Ape in St. Louis, Missouri later on that year. It is staged in London's Old Vic in October and November 2015. 2017: The Park Avenue Armory staged a production of The Hairy Ape starring Bobby Cannavale, directed by Richard Jones, and designed by Stewart Laing. Cannavale received a 2017 Obie Award for his performance presented by the American Theatre Wing. 2021: The Classics Theatre Project presented a new adaptation of The Hairy Ape directed and adapted by Joey Folsom which caught the attention of The Eugene O'Neill Society as well as The Eugene O'Neill Review. ReceptionThe Hairy Ape's reception: the audience, and especially critics, were perplexed. Critics deemed the play as showing “excessive use of monologues, the confusion or slowness of certain scenes, and the depressing monotony which follows all the pathetic 'moments. O’Neill has been criticized for the play's issues with social class and racial fabrications. However, he was also praised for his "emotional and dramatic forcefulness of his writing" in The Hairy Ape. He was well known for handling these challenging ideas and thought-provoking plays. The play was admired for its originality and robustness, which only The Hairy Ape and All God's Chillen were stated for. Contradictory to that statement, other critics find the end of The Hairy Ape too simple and predictable. An overall positive criticism surrounds the play, but many critics picked at the flaws of the plot to critique O'Neill's judgment in playwriting. However, the themes were the most resounding aspects of The Hairy Ape'' and upheld O'Neill's standard of novel drama genius. References External links 1922 plays Plays by Eugene O'Neill Expressionist plays Industrial Workers of the World in fiction Mass media portrayals of the working class Plays set in New York City Blackface theatre