Word: misbegotten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cultural event in Columbus, Ohio, was the world premiere of A Moon for the Misbegotten, new play...
When Detroit's policeman-censor threatened to close Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten unless the actors stopped saying certain words, the words were just quietly dropped. Detroiters would no longer suffer the psychic trauma of: 1) "whore," 2) "bastard," 3) "God damn," 4) "son of a bitch," and 5) "blonde...
...culture-conscious citizens of Columbus, Ohio support three little-theater groups, a good art gallery, a vigorous symphony orchestra and, this season, some 50 concerts. Even so, the world premiere last week of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten was Columbus' big cultural and social event. Undiscouraged by bitter weather, the city's elite honored it as such...
...general feeling was that A Moon for the Misbegotten is a far more impressive play than The Iceman Cometh. There was also a feeling that like Iceman, Moon will run into censorship troubles if & when it tries to shine on Boston (see PEOPLE). The play is pretty frank in general and the Irish farmer has some bitter things to say in particular about Standard Oil, churchgoers, English royalty. Moon is of hardly more than conventional length, but there was general agreement that it could stand some cutting. As a piece of writing it is rich in poetry. As drama...
Nearly everyone agreed that it was still rough in spots. But that was to be expected at a world premiere, normally synonymous with a tryout opening. A Moon for the Misbegotten will do more than try out before it reaches Broadway; it will make a considerable tour of the Midwest. This week, Cleveland; thence to Pittsburgh, Detroit, St. Louis. It may not come to Broadway at all before fall...