O¹Neill¹s last play was never successful during his lifetime, but regarded as his greatest theatrical achievement. A Moon for the Misbegotten weaves comedy, tragedy, and O'Neill's own life to create an endearing work of transformation and redemption. A sequel to O'Neill's autobiographical Long Day's Journey Into Night, the play revolves around three characters: Josie, a towering, quick-tongued Irish woman; her father, Phil Hogan, a tenant farmer; and their drunken landlord and friend, Jim Tyrone, a character based on O'Neill's brother Jamie. Jim has promised to sell the Hogans the farm at a reasonable price, but the father fears Jim will back out of his promise and sell to a far richer neighbor. Father tricks daughter into setting a trap to ensure Jim's sale of the property to Phil. Instead, the scheme reveals their bond and the heartbroken guilt that is killing Jim. The night in the moonlight unites them and sets Jim on a possible path to redemption. As it travels through the landscape of human emotion, A Moon for the Misbegotten reveals an uncommon yet astonishingly beautiful love story.