Ah, Wilderness!

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"Ah, Wilderness!" is a 1933 coming-of-age comedy play by Eugene O’Neill that nostalgically portrays small-town American family life around the Fourth of July.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American play
coming-of-age play
play
stage comedy
author Eugene O’Neill NERFINISHED
character Arthur Miller NERFINISHED
Essie Miller NERFINISHED
Lily Miller NERFINISHED
Mildred Miller NERFINISHED
Muriel McComber NERFINISHED
Nat Miller NERFINISHED
Richard Miller NERFINISHED
Sid Davis NERFINISHED
Tommy Miller NERFINISHED
contrastsWith Long Day’s Journey into Night NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dateWritten 1932
dramaticStructure four-act play
firstBroadwayProductionCity New York City NERFINISHED
firstBroadwayProductionTheatre Guild Theatre NERFINISHED
firstBroadwayProductionYear 1933
genre comedy
coming-of-age
family drama
hasAdaptation Ah, Wilderness! (1935 film) NERFINISHED
Ah, Wilderness! (1948 film) NERFINISHED
Ah, Wilderness! (television adaptations) NERFINISHED
holidayDepicted Independence Day NERFINISHED
literaryMovement American realism
mainCharacter Richard Miller NERFINISHED
notableFor unusually warm and optimistic tone among Eugene O’Neill’s plays
originalLanguage English
partOfAuthorOeuvre Eugene O’Neill’s late-career works
publisherOfFirstEdition Random House NERFINISHED
settingPlace a small town in New England
settingTime July 4, 1906
subjectMatter middle-class American family life
theme adolescence
family life
first love
nostalgia
small-town America
timePeriodDepicted early 20th-century United States
tone comic
nostalgic
writer Eugene O’Neill NERFINISHED
yearOfPremiere 1933

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Wallace Beery performedIn Ah, Wilderness!
Clarence Brown notableWork Ah, Wilderness!
Clarence Brown directed Ah, Wilderness!
Aline MacMahon notableWork Ah, Wilderness!