02199cam a22003013u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000032001122450018001442640051001623000047002133360026002603370026002863380036003125000031003485080117003795201262004965340045017586530035018038560042018389990017018804026UtSlPG20260610133120.0mcr n260607r2003||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aO'Neill, Eugene,d1888-195314aThe First Man 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2003  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2003-05-01  aProduced by Charles Franks, Robert Rowe and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines.  a"The First Man" by Eugene O'Neill is a play written in the early 20th century. The drama revolves around the complex relationships within the Jayson family, particularly highlighting the character of Curtis Jayson, an anthropologist who is preparing for an important expedition while grappling with the emotional fallout from his past and a significant change in his life.   The opening of the play introduces Curtis, his wife Martha, and their friend Edward Bigelow, setting the stage in their home. As they discuss Curtis's upcoming expedition—the chance to uncover the origins of mankind—tensions surface when Martha reveals she is pregnant, which complicates Curtis's plans and deepens the existing emotional turmoil. The dialogue highlights Curtis's preoccupation with his work and the unease he feels about the changes the pregnancy represents. Martha, understanding the implications, wishes to embrace this new chapter, contrasting with Curtis's conflicted feelings about fatherhood and his commitment to their intellectual life together. This dynamic sets up the core conflicts of the play, suggesting themes of sacrifice, love, and the struggle to balance personal desires with social expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aAmerican drama -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4026  c46072d46072