Ah, Wilderness!: A Comedy of Recollection in Three Acts - Softcover

O'Neill, Eugene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573605149 ISBN 13: 9780573605147

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc., 2017

Synopsis

Revived in 1998 to acclaim at New York's Lincoln Center, Ah, Wilderness! is a sharp departure from the gritty reality of the author's renowned dramas. Taking place over the July 4th weekend of 1906 in an idyllic Connecticut town, it offers a tender, retrospective portrait of small town family values, teenage growing pains, and young love.

About this title

About the Author:

Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), one of America's greatest playwrights, was the author of "Beyond the Horizon, Desire Under the Elms, "and "Long Day's Journey into Night. "

Review:

Comedy in four acts by Eugene O'neill, published and first performed in 1933. Perhaps the most atypical of the author's works, the play presents a sentimental tale of youthful indiscretion in a turn-of-the-century New England town. Richard, adolescent son of the local newspaper publisher, Nat Miller, exhibits the wayward tendencies of his maternal uncle, Sid Davis. Forbidden to court the neighbor girl, Muriel, by her father, Richard goes on a bender and falls under the influence of Belle, whom he tries to impress but whose worldly ways frighten him. It is the dissolute Sid who handles the situation upon the prodigal's drunken return, and with the aid of warmhearted Nat and the forgiving Muriel everything is put to right. The play has since become a staple of the community-theater repertoire. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0573605149
• ISBN 13: 9780573605147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 151