Customer Reviews
EUGENE O'NEILL'S AH, WILDERNESS! (PBS 10/13/76) HARD TO FIND!!! Swoozie Kurtz, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Richard Backus, William Swetland, Joyce Ebert
Set in small-town New England during the waning days of America’s innocence, Eugene O’Neill’s nostalgic comedy follows a young man’s coming of age as he experiments with poetry, politics, alcohol, wicked women, and first love.
This filmed stage production captures the warmth, humor, and emotional depth of O’Neill’s beloved work, starring Swoozie Kurtz, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Richard Backus, William Swetland and Joyce Ebert.
Set over a single Fourth of July weekend in 1906, the story centers on a Connecticut teenager standing on the threshold between adolescence and adulthood, discovering both the exhilaration and heartbreak that accompany growing up.
A richly performed and lovingly staged adaptation, this production brings O’Neill’s semi-autobiographical tale vividly to life.
