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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.
- Eugene O'Neill
- 1933
Feb 16, 2022 · He’s one of those individuals who wrote beautifully but in real life was a horrible man. For instance, he disowned his only daughter Oona when she married actor/director Sir Charles Chaplin. Of course the elder O’Neill had reason to dislike his new son-in-law.
View All Characters in Ah, Wilderness! Ah, Wilderness! plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
Oct 3, 2020 · O’Neill derived the title Ah, Wilderness! from this quatrain, translated by Edward Fitzgerald: A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
Ah, Wilderness! marries the personal to the historical. As the play high-lights the naturalness of Richard’s romantic innocence, it also presents a historical perspective suggestive of a changing world. Richard’s hot read-ing includes Ibsen, Wilde, Shaw, Swinburne, Nietzsche, and Goldman. His
By Omar Khayaam. A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread—and Thou. Beside me singing in the Wilderness— Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! More About This Poem. Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
Apr 21, 2015 · The title is from Fitzgerald’s translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Thou, beside me singing in the Wilderness–Ah, Wilderness were Paradise enow!”
