Eugene O'Neill's The First Man

2020, 100 minutes

Set in the repressive world of 1920s mid-America, The First Man is a compelling tale of love, devotion, selfishness and the assurgency of the inner primeval male instinct.

Following the tragic death of their two young daughters, Martha and Curtis Jayson make a pact to never attempt to have more children. For ten years they immerse themselves into their work, conducting anthropological field trips around the world. But when they eventually return home to Connecticut, they find themselves suffocated by provincial life and the small-town attitudes of the Jayson family. Vicious rumors, that Martha maybe having an affair with Curtis's best friend Bigellow are rife within the Jayson family and on the eve of Martha's 39th birthday, as Curtis plans to embark on their most ambitious expedition yet: an arduous five year mission to Outer Mongolia: to search for the origin of man known as 'The Missing Link' – Martha reveals she is about to have a baby.

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