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By Women Possessed

Page 97

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

 

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