Product Description Set in New England in the days of America's innocence, Eugene O'Neill's nostalgic comedy presents a young man's coming of age as he experiments with poetry, politics, wicked women, alcohol and first romance. .com Dour playwright Eugene O'Neill took a rare comedic look at life in Ah, Wilderness!, perhaps his warmest play, here given a superb performance (based on a production by the Long Wharf Theater). Over the course of a Fourth of July weekend, a young man has his heart broken, discovers drink and loose women, and puts his heart back together again. The play contrasts young love with the enduring affection of the young man's parents--and with the failed relationship of the boy's alcoholic uncle and spinster aunt. The balance of affection and sorrow is handled with sure skill, both in the play and in the production, which features O'Neill stalwart Geraldine Fitzgerald, as well as actors like Swoosie Kurtz and Linda Hunt, who would go on to future stardom. Sweet but not saccharine, sad but not bitter, Ah, Wilderness! stands as one of O'Neill's best works. --Bret Fetzer
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Easy O'Neill
For those accustomed to wading through the dense and depressing themes of America's finest tortured playwright Eugene O'Niell ('The Iceman Cometh,' 'Long Day's Journey Into Night,' 'Mourning Becomes Electra'), treat yourself to Broadway Theatre Archives' presentation of 'Ah, Wilderness!' (TV, 1976). Performances all around are bright and full of good humor, and the adaptation manages to capture both the light mood and poignancy of O'Niell's coming-of-age tale, set in New England, 1906, without ever drifting into period-bound preciousness. Image Entertainment's print is rough but accurately representative of the videotaped source material and the DVD features a short introduction by Hal Holbrook, a few BTA previews and liner notes. Show rates 4 1/2 stars; audio/video quality, 3ish.
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Five Stars
couldn't be better.,....thanks
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