by Arthur Gelb
marriage of Eugene and Carlotta (Eugene’s third wife), 350
baby question, 374–75, 387
Brahma chickens, 485–86, 588
chair, custom-made, 354–55
children vs. pets, 357, 375, 510
columbariums, 598–99
darning Eugene’s socks, 509
Eugene Jr. and, 353, 385–86, 408, 443, 480, 492, 508, 510, 620–22, 679, 684, 686, 705
financial issues, 357, 374, 415, 418, 443, 450, 485, 499, 592, 593, 604, 716, 723, 728
friends of Eugene, weeding out by Carlotta, 81, 354, 568, 639
gravesites needing repairs, 487–88, 502
“ideal future home,” 585, 586
makeover of Eugene by Carlotta, 37, 38–39, 50, 60, 79, 370
mink-lined overcoat from Carlotta, 38–39
Oona and, 403, 404, 481, 482, 508–9, 509–10, 561, 563–67, 564, 575, 576–78, 579–82, 705, 720
“perfect” world, 48–49
pets, 355–56, 357, 366–67, 375, 378, 380, 390, 391, 405, 406, 418, 435, 477, 479, 486, 490, 494, 510, 548, 551–54, 615–16
photo of Eugene and Carlotta, 350–51
prophecies, Carlotta liaison, 31–32, 76
quotations engraved in wedding rings, 350
Ralph Barton’s suicide, 380–82, 383, 579, 712
reconciliations, 53, 68–69, 71–72, 124, 339, 347
Russia and, 370–72
Shane and, 386–87, 403, 404, 408, 442, 443, 481–83, 489–90, 507, 510, 561–63, 577, 613–15, 667–68, 705, 720
threats to kill each other, 537, 603
unapologetic lifestyle of, 376–77, 397
wills, 448–49, 450
See also drinking by Eugene; O’Neill, Carlotta Monterey; O’Neill, Eugene; specific homes
marriage of Eugene and Carlotta (Eugene’s third wife), unraveling
accident, Marblehead Neck, xxii, 688–96, 708, 711
cockroach killing joke by Eugene, 622–23
countersuit for separate maintenance by Carlotta, 700, 701, 706
Cycle plays destroyed by, 729–30, 748
dead, Eugene wishing Carlotta, 635, 636, 637
detectives watching Carlotta, 660
dissolution of marriage, 428, 444, 561, 592–605, 616, 624, 633–41, 646–53, 654–61, 663–65, 668, 671, 687–707
fall by Eugene, 732–33
final years, xxi–xxii, xxiii–xxiv, 719–34
flirtations with actresses, 619–20, 637
guardianship petition filed by Eugene, 698, 699, 700, 701, 704, 705, 706, 710, 716, 721
Janie Caldwell, 594–95, 596–97, 598, 600, 601–2, 603, 604, 610, 619
literary trust fund for Carlotta, 727
“little drama in the home,” 592–98, 600–603, 609, 610, 634, 664–65
medications under Carlotta’s control, 721–22, 723
mercy killing, 677–78
missing manuscript material, 657–58
narcotics craving of Eugene, 721–22, 723
overdosing by Eugene, 722, 723
“poison-worm” of Nietzsche gnawing at Eugene’s heart, 703, 730
reconciliations, 640–41, 650, 661, 662, 664, 707–9, 711–18, 719, 720, 721
sanity question, 696–98, 703, 705, 708, 709, 721
separation from Carlotta, 656, 657, 658–59
will, Carlotta executrix, 713, 720, 737, 740
marriage of Eugene and Kathleen, 141, 142, 349, 480, 558
marriage of James and Ella, 206–7, 217, 238, 239, 558
Marshall, Armina, 321, 408, 644–45, 646, 692, 695, 707, 716
Marvell, Andrew, 673
Marx, Karl, 532
masks in plays, 267, 268, 269, 368, 407
See also Emperor Jones, The (O’Neill); Great God Brown, The (O’Neill); Hairy Ape, The (O’Neill)
masseuse sex, Carlotta, 587–88, 594, 596
“Master, the,” 385, 660, 661, 730
See also O’Neill, Eugene
Mayo, Frederic B., 670–71, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695–96, 702
McBride, Philip, 727
McCarthy, Joseph, 208, 677
McCarthy, Mary, 673
McClintock, Guthrie, 316
McCormas, Gene, 319
McGinley, Art and John, 420–21
McLean Hospital, 692, 693, 694, 695–96, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 704, 705, 712
McNamara brothers, 524
Medea (Euripides), 254
Mencken, H. L., 29, 75, 240
Men in White (Kingsley), 424
Merman, Ethel, 640
Merritt Hospital, 473, 474, 475, 476, 481, 482, 543, 587
Meserve, Robert, 700, 703, 713, 739, 759
Methuselah, 446
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 375, 424
Metropolitan Magazine, 93
Meyer, Frank and Elsie, 621, 679, 680–83, 684
Mielziner, Jo, 38, 650
Miller, Arthur, xiv, 675–77
Miller, Marjorie, 757, 758
Milton, John, 673, 674
Minnerly, Anne (Barton’s second wife), 15, 16
Miss Julie (Strindberg), 218–19
Mitchell, Thomas, 545
“Modern Faust Play” (O’Neill), 313
“modern miracle play,” 399, 402, 404, 412
See also Days Without End (O’Neill); Without Endings of Days (O’Neill), 399
Modern Woman’s psychic and sexual yearnings, Strange Interlude (O’Neill), 5, 7, 291
Moeller, Philip, 28–29, 353, 390, 419, 422, 427–28
Moffat, John (Carlotta’s first husband), 20–21, 38, 78, 79
Moise, Nina, 101, 120, 161
Mollan, Malcolm, 235–36
Molnár, Ferenc, 28
monologue plays, By Way of Obit (O’Neill), 550–51
Monterey, Carlotta
Agnes vs., 61, 295, 296, 301, 307, 332, 349
appearance of, xxiii, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 36, 298, 300, 338
cigarette case gift to Eugene, 35
divorces (three) of, 4, 5, 15, 21, 23, 24, 294, 297, 348, 349, 381
Esteban gift, 59, 742–43, 745, 752, 753
Far East voyage, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62–63, 64, 67, 68, 74, 77
first meeting with Eugene, 15, 212–13, 295, 296, 745
income from Speyer, 4, 30–31, 36, 40, 45, 61, 78, 338, 369, 450, 472, 636, 660
“knocked me flat,” xix, 65–66, 67, 97, 123, 448, 570, 652
lesbian rumors, 294
makeover, Eugene, 38–39, 50, 60, 79, 370
Melvin Chapman, Jr. (second husband), 22, 350
mistress role, 36, 47, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58, 219, 310, 311, 312, 318, 356, 378, 406, 500, 628
muse to a creative genius destiny of, 15–16, 30, 35, 36, 50, 52, 53, 77, 338, 352, 369, 592, 593, 665
peasant vs. aristocrat, 25, 461
pussy and Ben Pinchot, 24
Ralph Barton (third husband), 5, 15, 16–17, 23–24, 27, 38, 40, 294, 297–98, 348–49, 358, 359, 380–82, 383, 579, 639, 712
stage career, 15, 16, 17, 21–22, 23
tea party at Elisabeth Marbury’s, 294–97
temper of Eugene, 49, 51, 65–66, 67, 97, 123, 570, 588, 634, 635, 652, 659–60, 661
temptress unknown, 26, 287, 310
theatrical posturing of, 36, 306, 307
See also divorce of Eugene and Agnes; marriage of Eugene and Agnes; O’Neill, Carlotta Monterey; Tharsing, Hazel Nielsen
Monterey, Carlotta, plays and
Great God Brown, The (O’Neill), 267, 269
Hairy Ape, The (O’Neill), 15, 16, 23, 59, 295, 296, 298
Strange Interlude (O’Neill), 3, 4, 9, 12, 28, 48
–49, 628
“Monterey Cocktail,” xxiii, 296
Moon for the Misbegotten, A (O’Neill), 73, 88, 208, 226–30, 227, 228, 230, 231–32, 251, 460, 525, 534, 557, 570–73, 571, 574, 585–86, 588, 591, 594, 602, 611, 618, 623, 638, 642, 643–45, 646, 675, 720–21, 724, 727–28, 729, 738, 742, 744
See also Long Day’s Journey Into Night (O’Neill)
Moon of the Caribbees, The and Six Other Plays of the Sea (O’Neill), 172
Moon of the Caribbees, The (O’Neill), 63, 75, 98, 122, 126, 127, 128–29
Moore, Merrill, 696–98, 699, 703, 705, 708, 710, 711, 712, 719, 721
Morehouse, Ward, 184
More Stately Mansions (O’Neill), 444, 464, 489, 490–91, 492, 493, 494–98, 537, 550, 559, 647, 748–50
See also Cycle play; Long Day’s Journey Into Night (O’Neill)
Morgan, J. P., 320, 440, 442
Morris, Mary, 257
Mother Earth, 524
mother role
Agnes, 35, 456
Carlotta, 35, 36, 47, 219, 306, 307, 309, 356, 378, 400, 406, 450, 455, 456, 457, 497, 500, 548, 572, 573, 592, 593, 635, 654, 677, 743
Eugene’s needs, xviii, xix, 35, 36, 47, 219, 309, 400, 495
Mourning Becomes Electra (O’Neill), 62, 79–80, 172, 174, 187, 347, 352, 353, 360, 361–66, 367, 368, 369, 371, 373, 374, 375–76, 377–78, 380, 382–84, 386, 387–96, 390, 391, 392, 397, 403, 418, 427, 436, 437, 445, 446, 454, 491, 497, 628, 738, 755
See also Aeschylus Oresteia trilogy
Mowatt, Anna Cora, 257
Mr. Pitt (play), 257
Munsell, Warren, 380, 382, 431
Muray, Nickolas, 16
Murphy, Brenda, 520
Murray, Elizabeth, 341, 575
My Gene (Gelb, B.), xvii
“N., Mr.” (Nightingale), 155, 185, 358
See also O’Neill, Eugene
Nathan, George Jean, 29, 55, 58, 59, 60, 75, 122, 173, 183, 191, 193, 220, 237, 240, 353, 354–55, 356, 360, 367, 380, 385, 387, 388, 416, 436, 437, 447, 451, 453, 462, 468, 490, 493, 499, 500, 510–11, 514, 515, 519, 520, 543–44, 545, 547, 587, 588, 590, 594, 604, 617, 623, 658, 664, 670, 707
Natwick, Mildred, 545
Nazimova, Alla, 387, 388, 391, 392
Neal, Patricia, 646, 647, 650
Neeson, Liam, 192
neglected children
Cynthia, 22–23, 48, 350, 357, 386, 403, 404, 449
Eugene Jr., 65, 66, 109, 136, 138, 273, 506–7, 558, 570, 679, 680
Oona, xix–xx, 26, 32–33, 42, 48, 52, 61, 65, 66, 74, 133, 275, 302, 303, 321, 333, 336, 347, 357, 387, 403, 442, 506–7, 508, 567, 570, 709, 715
Shane, xix–xx, 26, 32–33, 42, 48, 61, 65, 66, 74, 132, 133, 143, 144, 145, 157, 170, 177, 215, 216–17, 248, 254, 256, 257, 261, 302, 303, 315, 333, 336, 340, 347, 357, 386, 403, 480, 481, 506–7, 570, 612
See also childless vow, Eugene and Agnes; O’Neill, Eugene
Negro snubbed by Drama League, 178–79
New Republic, The, 29, 258
New York Daily News, 382
New Yorker, The, 5, 75, 359, 380, 393, 458, 649
New York Evening Post, 286–87, 393
New York Herald Tribune, 286, 368, 422, 630
New York Post, 564, 622, 630
New York Times, The, xiv, xvii, 50, 68, 75, 110, 143, 153, 178, 180, 194, 211, 245, 286, 381, 394, 470, 497, 501, 511, 517, 524, 627, 629, 632, 672, 673, 685, 736, 759
New York Times Magazine, The, 627
New York Tribune, 50, 93, 153, 168–69, 178, 184, 190
New York World, 12, 46, 47, 93, 99, 211, 279, 395, 502, 538
Nichols, Dudley, 12, 502, 538–39, 539–40, 544, 556, 630–31, 664, 668, 670
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 379, 703, 705, 730
Night’s Lodging, A (Gorky), 505
Nightwood (Barnes), 650
nihilistic philosophy, Iceman Cometh, The (O’Neill), 518
Nobel Prize winners, 218, 372, 396, 404, 468–72, 475, 479, 482, 520, 644
Normandy Allied Invasion, 594
North China Daily News, 64
Norton, Louise, 102
“Nostalgic Comedy,” Ah, Wilderness! (O’Neill), 411–12, 418, 419
Nothing Lost Save Honor (O’Neill), 442
Novak, Frank, 596
Observer, 395
O’Casey, Sean, 101, 436–37, 437
“Ode” (Keats), 155
Of Thee I Sing (Kaufman, Ryskind, and Gershwin, G. and I.), 395
Ohler, W. Richard, 724–25, 733
O’Neill, Agnes Boulton (Eugene’s second wife)
appearance of, 86, 99, 118, 123, 170, 291, 341
Carlotta and, 61, 295, 296, 301, 307, 332, 349
Cecil (mother), 86, 87, 127–28, 135, 341
death of, 752
devil Eugene knew, 26, 287, 310, 318–19
Ella and, 124
“Granny” (grandmother), 131
hallucinations of, 335
James and, 164–65, 167
Jamie and, 88–89, 129, 188
John Johnston romance rumors, 332, 333
Margery (sister), 135
Miss Julie (Strindberg) and, 218–19
mother role, 35, 456
Part of a Long Story (O’Neill, A.), 86–87, 90, 342
personal documents sold by, 47, 143, 336
pulp-fiction writer, 26, 56, 85, 86, 89, 128, 160, 169, 264
Road Is Before Us (O’Neill, A.), 578–79
social status, 24, 27, 223, 253, 282, 343, 402
temper of Eugene, xix, 97, 98, 123–24, 185, 570, 635
See also Boulton, Agnes; divorce of Eugene and Agnes; Kaufman, Agnes; marriage of Eugene and Agnes; O’Neill, Eugene; O’Neill, Oona; O’Neill, Shane
O’Neill, Agnes Boulton (Eugene’s second wife), plays and
Anna Christie (O’Neill), 189, 190
Beyond the Horizon (O’Neill), 110
Desire Under the Elms (O’Neill), 249, 250, 254, 255, 257, 461, 647
Great God Brown, The (O’Neill), 269, 270
Hairy Ape, The (O’Neill), 201, 202
Marco Millions (O’Neill), 336
Moon of the Caribbees, The (O’Neill), 98, 128–29
Strange Interlude (O’Neill), 303, 310, 336
Welded (O’Neill), 217, 219, 232, 233, 235, 240
O’Neill, Carlotta Monterey (Eugene’s third wife), xxi–xxii, xxii–xxiii
anti-Semitism of, 567–69, 597
appearance of, xxiii, 3, 4–5, 10, 351, 356, 365, 376, 397, 457, 484, 613, 632, 633, 704, 706, 713, 737, 738, 751, 755, 756
bromide poisoning, 687, 691, 692, 693, 694, 699
Cynthia Jane (Carlotta and Melvin’s daughter), 22–23, 48, 350, 357, 386, 403, 404, 449, 472–73, 491–92, 508, 511, 586, 588, 649, 746–47
death of, xviii, 59, 657
eye sight, 4, 18, 351, 499–500
hallucinations of, 687, 688, 692, 699
health, 466–67, 473–74, 476, 479, 499–500, 552, 574, 589, 590, 592, 601, 660, 666, 675, 677, 687–88, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 699, 723, 733
Herbert Freeman affair, 634, 636
management skills of, 300, 334, 338, 355, 361, 376, 385, 402, 492
martyr, 449–50, 561, 593, 594, 597, 598, 603
masseuse sex incident, 587–88, 594, 596
mother role, 35, 36, 47, 219, 306, 307, 309, 356, 378, 400, 406, 450, 455, 456, 457, 497, 500, 548, 572, 573, 592, 593, 635, 654, 677, 743
My Gene (Gelb, B.) about, xvii
neglect of Cynthia, 22–23, 48, 350, 357, 386, 403, 404, 449
nurse role, 438, 449–50, 454, 457, 467, 500, 551, 588, 593, 595, 604, 665, 671–72, 677, 713, 719, 720, 723, 735
psychiatric care of, 6
92–93
pussycat symbols, 511, 512, 548, 588, 600, 665, 666, 722
ribald side of, 4, 639–40
secretary role, 219, 356, 447, 448, 450, 490, 491, 497, 499, 500, 511, 551, 581, 582, 586, 588, 593, 611, 623, 648, 672, 678, 679, 726
sexual appetite of, 511, 512, 636
shopping, 38, 54, 59, 353, 356, 359, 369–70, 385, 402, 551, 658, 659
suicide attempt, 633–34, 635
temper of, 410, 603, 652, 655, 661, 678
Thanksgiving Day monologue, 632–36, 704
theatrical posturing, xxii, xxiii, 633, 634, 636, 734, 751
wife role, 348, 356, 378, 406, 500, 573, 592, 637, 677, 726
See also marriage of Eugene and Carlotta; Monterey, Carlotta; O’Neill, Eugene
O’Neill, Carlotta Monterey (Eugene’s third wife), plays and
Ah, Wilderness! (O’Neill), 414, 422, 423–24, 426, 628
By Way of Obit (O’Neill), 550–51
Cycle play, 442, 446, 461, 462–63, 490–91, 497, 748–49, 750
Days Without End (O’Neill), 62, 401, 402, 427–28, 430, 435, 616, 628
Desire Under the Elms (O’Neill), 744
Dynamo (O’Neill), 55, 69–70
Hairy Ape, The (O’Neill), 15, 23, 59, 212–13, 242, 298, 377, 639, 745
Iceman Cometh, The (O’Neill), 506, 511, 517, 536, 537, 547–48, 640–41, 666, 706, 738
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (O’Neill), 18, 506, 548, 549, 551, 555–56, 592, 726, 728–29, 739, 740, 741, 744
Man in Evening Clothes, The (play), 23
Moon for the Misbegotten, A (O’Neill), 571, 586, 588, 720–21, 728, 729, 738, 742, 744
Mourning Becomes Electra (O’Neill), 80, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 368, 369, 374, 375, 377–78, 387, 388, 390, 391, 392, 403, 454, 491, 497, 628, 738, 755
Strange Interlude (O’Neill), 5, 9, 12, 28, 48–49, 310
Without Endings of Days (O’Neill), 405, 414, 415–16
O’Neill, Carlotta Monterey (Eugene’s third wife), widow, 735–59
autopsy of Eugene demanded by, 735
burial, Eugene, 599, 731, 734, 736–38, 759
burial and cremation of, 759
death of, 758
diaries, rewriting, 738–39, 740
drinking by Carlotta, 743, 745, 751
erratic behavior of, 745, 746, 748, 751
Eugene’s alter ego, 738, 739
ghost of Eugene, 740, 741, 746, 750, 751, 755
health, 743, 745, 747–48, 751–52, 753–58
Inscriptions: Eugene O’Neill to Carlotta Monterey O’Neill, 358, 750
limbo, 746–59