A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
Quite the opposite, in fact. When the three hours were up, I was disappointed the play had ended so quickly. Of course A Moon for the Misbegotten is not nearly as dark as Long Day’s Journey, dealing as it does with the themes of forgiveness and redemption instead of mucking around with accusation, damnation, and long-festering resentments.
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With her handsome Nordic features and slender build, Kirsten Sahs hardly fits O’Neill’s description of Josie Hogan: “almost a freak–five feet eleven . . . one hundred and eighty . . . able to do the manual labor of two men.” Nevertheless she makes, by virtue of her energy and obvious commitment to her role, an utterly convincing Josie. Commitment, however, is too weak a word. Sahs’s performance as Josie is so spontaneous, so organic, so inspired that the actress actually seems at times possessed by Josie’s spirit.
