Anna Christie

JOHNNY-THE-PRIEST TWO LONGSHOREMEN A POSTMAN LARRY, bartender CHRIS. CHRISTOPHERSON, captain of the barge Simeon Winthrop MARTHY OWEN ANNA CHRISTOPHERSON, Chris's daughter THREE MEN OF A STEAMER'S CREW MAT BURKE, a stoker JOHNSON, deckhand on the barge
Johnny-the-Priest's saloon near the waterfront. New York City.
The barge, Simeon Winthrop, at anchor in the harbor of Provincetown, Mass. Ten days later.

Cabin of the barge, at dock in Boston. A week later.

The same. Two days later.
Time of the Play—About 1910.

SCENE— Johnny-The-Priest's saloon near South Street, New York City. The stage is divided into two sections, showing a small back room on the right. On the left, forward, of the barroom, a large window looking out on the street. Beyond it, the main entrance—a double swinging door. Farther back, another window. The bar runs from left to right nearly the whole length of the rear wall. In back of the bar, a small showcase displaying a few bottles of case goods, for which there is evidently little call. The remainder of the rear space in front of the large mirrors is occupied by half-barrels of cheap whiskey of the nickel-a-shot variety, from which the liquor is drawn by means of spigots. On the right is an open doorway leading to the back room. In the back room are four round wooden tables with five chairs grouped about each. In the rear, a family entrance opening on a side street.
It is late afternoon of a day in fall.
As the curtain rises, Johnny is discovered. Johnny-The-Priest deserves his nickname. With his pale, thin, clean-shaven face, mild blue eyes and white hair, a cassock would seem more suited to him than the apron he wears. Neither his voice nor his general manner dispel this illusion which has made him a personage of the water front. They are soft and bland. But beneath all his mildness one senses the man behind the mask—cynical, callous, hard as nails. He is lounging at ease behind the bar, a pair of spectacles on his nose, reading an evening paper.