Editing The Emperor Jones (section)

===Recent productions===
In 1980 [[Richard Negri]] directed a production at the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester]] with [[Pete Postlethwaite]] and Albie Woodington.

[[The Wooster Group]] started to develop a production of the play in 1992 through a series of [[Work in process|work in progress]] showings. The finished piece opened in 1993 at [[Performing Garage|The Performing Garage]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/30/theater/a-quiet-soho-troupe-makes-a-raid-uptown.html|title=A Quiet SoHo Troupe Makes a Raid Uptown|last=Shewey|first=Don|date=1997-03-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As part of its [[Postdramatic theatre|postdramatic]] aesthetics, this staging was notable for having an actor play the part of Jones who was female, white, and performed in blackface ([[Kate Valk]]). Blackface had been a suggestion for the original production, which O'Neill vetoed.

In 2005 [[Thea Sharrock]] directed the play, with [[Paterson Joseph]] in the title role, for the [[Bush Theatre]] in London.  The audience looked down into a sand-filled pit.  The claustrophic effect was admired by [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/aug/29/theatre1|title=The Emperor Jones|last=Billington|first=Michael|date=29 August 2007|website=The Guardian}}</ref> among others.  The production transferred to the Olivier auditorium at [[Royal National Theatre|The National Theatre]], London, in 2007.

New York's [[Irish Repertory Theatre]] staged a 2009 revival, which received positive reviews. [[John Douglas Thompson]] portrayed Jones.