A Moon for the Misbegotten

by Eugene O'Neill

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The last work from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers, continuing the semi-autobiographical cycle centring on the Tyrone family started by Long Day's Journey into Night.

James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jnr is a hard-drinking Broadway playboy, trying to blot out his painful memories of the past by indulging his craven self-destructive streak. One day he finds that he has wandered to the home of his salty tenant-farmer Phil Hogan; and Hogan's lusty, jaded daughter Josie.

Under the Connecticut moon, Jamie and Josie find something in each other they never knew existed – though it is only when he passes out dead drunk that Josie can really touch him. But will he still be there when the moon goes?

Eugene O'Neill's play A Moon for the Misbegotten had its world premiere at the Hartman Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, in 1947. It premiered on Broadway in 1957.

This edition of the play includes a full introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.

  • ISBN10 1854591398
  • ISBN13 9781854591395
  • Publish Date 14 May 1992 (first published 1 January 1941)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Nick Hern Books
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 121
  • Language English