Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten (Broadway Theatre Archive) VHS

In excellent conditions. “Eugene O'Neill's final completed play stands among his most compelling achievements. But its reception was tardy in grasping the true quality of this swan song. Written in the early 1940s, A Moon for the Misbegotten was first produced by the Theatre Guild in 1947 and was a flop; O'Neill himself voiced insecurity about the play before his death in 1953. If only he had experienced Jose Quintero's production in 1973, he would have seen his work vindicated. From the start, Moon is an immense challenge to cast properly and to pace effectively. The smallest miscalculation can shift what should be emotionally wrenching into insufferable sentimentality. This long, lyrical drama offers no place to hide from the searingly intense light it casts on its two central characters. Yet the match here between Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards is so ideal that they set the gold standard for the play, which has since become much better known in an increasing number of subsequent revivals”