A Moon for the Misbegotten

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A Connecticut tenant farm in 1923. On this barren patch of earth, can two lost souls find hope under a lover's moon in Eugene O'Neill's touching and heartbreaking classic, we are introduced to one of theater's most important and complex female characters - Josie Hogan. A boisterous Irish woman with a quick tongue and a tarnished reputation, she's had a hard and lonely life working the Tyrone farm with her bullying father. When James Tyrone Jr's mother dies, he returns to the farm to settle the estate and attempts to navigate his complicated relationship with Josie and her father. Tyrone is a tortured alcoholic on the edge of despair. Haunted by his past, he has drowned himself in self-pity and remorse. One night, under the autumn moon, he opens his heart to Josie. Sparks fly and hope is rekindled as two ?misbegotten? souls come together. But as dawn breaks, is the saving grace of love enough to overcome a lifetime of disappointment. A Moon for the Misbegotten was published in 1943 and has been produced five times on Broadway as well as by theaters world-wide.