Eugene O'Neill's only major comedy is the coming-of-age story of Richard Miller, a sensitive young man who quotes Ibsen, Shaw, and Swinburne with abandon. Set on a Fourth of July weekend in the turn of the century world of O'Neill's youth, and full of touching humor and lyrical language, Ah, Wilderness! is a tribute to the innocence and idealism of the young, the growing pains of adolescence, and the challenges and rewards of parenting.