The Misbegotten - Vachon, Ann

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Résumé :
Already a successful actor in Ney York in 1946, Raul is about to direct Eugene ONeills Moon for the Misbegotten. He starts by writing his own memoir, since ONeill wrote many of his plays that way. His wife, Margaret, thinks its a great idea shell learn all about his life in Mexico and California. But many of the memories Raul dredges up are impossible for him to write. There are too many secrets he doesnt want anyone, especially his wife, to know. At first, Raul is thrilled when ONeill gets involved in the plays production until he jeopardizes its success by taking over the casting, and then abruptly disappears. Meanwhile, Margaret, deeply invested in her marriage but not as passive as she seems, quietly pursues her own dreams.

Biographie:
Ann Vachon was a dancer before she wrote. After graduating from the Juilliard School she became a memberof the Jos? Lim?n Dance Company. The company traveled all over South and Central America and the FarEast under the direction of the State Department, and also in Russia, Greece, Egypt, France, Spain, and theUnited States. She danced for 13 years, including three years after Lim?n died. In 1975 she left the companyto concentrate on her own choreography. After teaching at Webster College, she moved to Philadelphia andtaught at Temple University for 27 years. She formed a company, Dance Conduit, and created many newworks for them. She also included works by Lim?n and Doris Humphrey, his teacher. These were dances shecreated by her reference to silent films that had been made - but without music.She studied poetry with Frank O'Hara, Louise Bogan, and Allen Ginsberg, and published poems invarious small magazines. She collected her father's photographs and his letters to her mother, including anafterword by her, and Poland 1946 was published by the Smithsonian Institute. With her son Malachi asdirector, she produced Lim?n...

Sommaire:
Already a successful actor in Ney York in 1946, Raul is about to direct Eugene ONeills Moon for the Misbegotten. He starts by writing his own memoir, since ONeill wrote many of his plays that way. His wife, Margaret, thinks its a great idea shell learn all about his life in Mexico and California. But many of the memories Raul dredges up are impossible for him to write. There are too many secrets he doesnt want anyone, especially his wife, to know. At first, Raul is thrilled when ONeill gets involved in the plays production until he jeopardizes its success by taking over the casting, and then abruptly disappears. Meanwhile, Margaret, deeply invested in her marriage but not as passive as she seems, quietly pursues her own dreams....