Aaron Tracy

And while he does manage to get the play a Broadway run, it's an instant flop.

Neal, on the other hand, gets nominated for Best Actress.

She continues to be the name in this family.

And while I mentioned that Dolls skipped their daughter's birth to be with his play on the road, Neal basically does the exact opposite.

She skips the Academy Awards because she's pregnant and chooses not to travel.

In fact, she sleeps through the show.

Did you catch that?

Accepting the Oscar on Neil's behalf is Dahl's old girlfriend, Annabella.

Imagine how that conversation might have gone.

A very uncharitable reading would be that Dahl is so insecure about his wife winning the Oscar while he's struggling in his own career that he not only encourages her to stay home, but when she thinks about who should accept the Oscar on her behalf if she wins, he insists on his ex-girlfriend who could use a moment in the spotlight.

Man, this marriage...

Dahl and Neil's first child, Olivia, comes two years after their meeting at Lily and Hellman's party.

Tessa comes next, two years later.

Then Theo, three years after that.

And then four years later, Ophelia and Lucy.

Five children.

According to writer Matthew Dennison, Neil initially struggles as a mother.

At one point, she hands one of the kids over to her sister-in-law for several weeks.

Which is the kind of thing you read in a biography and are like, oh, there's an issue there.

But step back for a second.