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Our Town: A Play In Three Acts
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Ideal for readers interested in Arts & Culture, theatre enthusiasts, and anyone drawn to timeless explorations of life’s meaning. This play offers a moving experience for students, scholars, and general readers who appreciate classic American drama and philosophical storytelling.
"A revised hardcover edition was published by Harper & Brothers in 1957. It is reprinted here by arrangement with the Wilder Family LLC."--Title page verso.
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Our Town leaves us with a sense of blessing, and the unspoken but palpable command to achieve gratitude in what remains of our days on earth.” —The New Yorker
Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the mythical village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire—an allegorical representation of all life—is an American classic. It is the simple story of a love affair that asks timeless questions about the meaning of love, life, and death.
Our Town explores the relationship between two young neighbours, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into romance, and then culminates in marriage. When Emily loses her life during childbirth, the circle of life portrayed in each of the three acts—childhood, adulthood, and death—is fully realised.
Widely considered one of the greatest American plays of all time, Our Town debuted on Broadway in 1938 and continues to be performed daily on stages around the world. This special edition includes an afterword by Wilder's nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating documentary material about the playwright and his most famous drama.
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Acclaimed for its philosophical depth, Our Town is celebrated as "one of the finest achievements of the current stage" by Brooks Atkinson. The New Yorker praises its touching combination of wonder and acceptance, offering "a sense of blessing" and an encouragement to embrace gratitude. Frank Rich of the New York Times highlights its essential American themes, while playwright Will Eno lauds its gentle yet profound portrayal of human existence.
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ISBN: 9780063003996
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 July 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 205.0mm
Weight: 175g
Pages: 224
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About the Author
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. His Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). Wilder's The Matchmaker was adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly!. He also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them teaching, acting, the opera, and films. (His screenplay for Hitchcock's Shadow of Doubt [1943] remains a classic psycho-thriller to this day.) Wilder's many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.
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