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Ah, wilderness!
Title
Ah, wilderness! / Eugene O'Neill.
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Random House, October 1933.
Manufacture
New York City : Printed by Van Rees Press.
Copyright Notice Date
©1933
Physical Description
159 pages ; 22 cm
Local Notes
Beinecke copy 4 is "Second printing before publication, October, 1933."
BEIN Tanselle Z40 0357: Dust jacket.
BEIN Tanselle Z40 0358: Third printing, October, 1933. Autograph: R. Seiler. Bookplate: Rose SeiLer.
BEIN Za On2 933 Copy 1: Dust jacket.
BEIN Za On2 933 Copy 2: Dust jacket. Author's presentation inscription to Carlotta O'Neill.
BEIN Za On2 933 Copy 3: Dust jacket. Author's presenation inscription to Doris Manning.
BEIN Za On2 933 Copy 4: "Second printing before publication, October, 1933." Autograph: Patrice Amati Runyon.
BEIN Za On2 933 Copy 5: From the library of T. Edward Hambleton.
Notes
Illustrated endpapers.
Summary
Ah, Wilderness! is a comedy by American playwright Eugene O'Neill that premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 2, 1933. It differs from a typical O'Neill play in its happy ending for the central character, and depiction of a happy family in turn of the century America. It is O'Neill's only well-known comedy. The play takes place on the Fourth of July 1906 and focuses on the Miller family, presumably of New London, Connecticut. The main plot deals with the middle son, 16-year-old Richard, and his coming of age in turn-of-the-century America. 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.
Other formats
Online version: O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Ah, wilderness! New York, Random House [©1933]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
Atkinson A33-I-1.a.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Acting editions.
Drama.
Drama.
Acting editions.
Also listed under
Random House (Firm), publisher.
Van Rees Press, printer.
United States New York (State) New York.
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