Theatre Trivia Tweet: Eugene O’Neill Funny? He wrote the comedy to help the Theatre Guild raise money. Playwright Eugene O’Neill is noted as a writer of drama and tragedy but he did write one comedy. What is the name of that play? SelectReveal Answer> The name of O’Neill’s one comedy is Ah! Wilderness. It tells the story of O’Neill as a young man with yearnings to be a poet. Post navigation previous postNext Post