Last Thursday night, Stuart and I went to see Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten the Almeida Theatre (@almeida_theatre) in London’s glitzy Islington.
As a follow-up to Long Day’s Journey Into Night, the play is largely “a comedy with sad bits,” centred on an alcoholic father (Phil Hogan) and his hard-working, wise-cracking daughter (Josie Hogan), both trying to save their struggling farm in Connecticut.
Josie, played beautifully by Ruth Wilson (@ruthwilsonuk), is deeply in love with their landlord, Jamie Tyrone, portrayed with haunting intensity by Michael Shannon (@officialmichaelshannon) - a suave but broken man driven to drink by grief.
Will Jamie betray the Hogans and sell the farm to their rich neighbour?
Will Phil and Josie’s plan to blackmail him work?
And will Josie and Jamie… knock boots?
It’s a simple setup and a long play, but those powerhouse performances make the three-hour runtime fly by.
It’s dark and steeped in despair, yet there’s redemption to be found—a testament to why O’Neill remains a master of psychological drama.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
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