Ah, Wilderness!

Summary

BBC Television production of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness!

Theatre play

Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O’Neill [more information]

Play synopsis

The action of this sentimental comedy takes place in Connecticut in 1906, on and after Independence Day. The focus is the progress of the Miller household as they ‘grow up, older and drunk’, as the Radio Times puts it (2 November 1956, p. 15).

Production history

The play premiered on Boadway at the Guild Theatre on 2 October 1933. Published in London in 1933 by Samuel French.

Date of transmission

Sunday 4 November 1956

Time

8.30pm (90 mins)

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Hal Burton

Playwright

Eugene O’Neill

Designer

Hal Burton

Cast

Michael Balfour	Salesman
Sean Barrett	Richard
Estelle Brody	Essie, Nat Miller’s Wife
David Cargill	Wint Selby
George A. Cooper	Sid Davis
Concepta Fennell	Norah
Alan Gifford	Nat Miller, owner of the Evening Globe
Shay Gorman	Bartender
Helen Horton	Lily Miller
Harry Hutchinson	David McComber
Andrew Irving	Tommy
Grant Reddick	Arthur
Mavis Sage	Mildred
Mavis Villiers	Belle
Judith Wyler	Muriel McComber

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

America, as theme or setting; American drama; comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 2 November 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 14 and article on p. 15