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Play by Eugene O'Neill

Ah, Wilderness! is a comedy play 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 was successful in its first Broadway production and the touring production that followed. It has since become a staple of community repertory.

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."

The play was made into a 1935 film of the same title and again in 1948 as the musical Summer Holiday. Mickey Rooney starred as Tommy in the former and Richard in the latter. The success of the first film led MGM to reunite much of the cast in another film based on a small town coming of age play, A Family Affair, which became the basis for the Andy Hardy series. The play was also adapted for radio on The Campbell Playhouse produced by and starring Orson Welles on September 17, 1939. It was also adapted for Theatre Guild On The Air on October 7, 1945, The Ford Theatre on November 2, 1947, and Studio One on July 15, 1948. On June 15, 1955, a televised adaptation was shown on Front Row Center on CBS. The story was also made into the 1959 Broadway musical Take Me Along starring Jackie Gleason as the drunken Uncle Sid (Beery's role in the film), Walter Pidgeon as Nat and Robert Morse as Richard. The production ran for 448 performances. Gleason won the 1960 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. A revival in 1984 had a successful run for six months in Connecticut and Washington, D. C., but closed on Broadway after only a short debut and a week of previews.