Our Town: A Play in Three Acts

by Wilder, Thornton
ISBN: 9780063003996
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"Wilder's unfashionable insistence on embracing wonders as well as woe is both gallant and exhilarating. . . . 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."--New Yorker

A beautiful new edition of Thornton Wilder's most renowned play, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic, Our Town.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the mythical village of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire--an allegorical representation of all life--has become 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 Grover's Corners neighbors, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into romance, and then culminates in marriage. When Emily loses her life in childbirth, the circle of life portrayed in each of the three acts--childhood, adulthood, and death--is fully realized.

Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play, Our Town, was first performed on Broadway in 1938 to wide acclaim and continues to appear on stages all around the world.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Wilder, Thornton
  • ISBN: 9780063003996
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 224
  • Publication Year: 2020

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  • Just as good today as it was 75 years ago

    Brian W. - 3 years 3 months ago

    Our Town is a play that many of us are forced to read in High School, maybe a bit before many of us can really appreciate it for the sublime piece of American art that it is. It centers around a small town in New Hampshire where everyone knows each other. It is laid out in three Acts; each act a different day in the life of one of the town's inhabitant's, a girl named Emily Webb. We see her fall in love. We see her get married. And finally, in a chilling turn, the final Act sees her at her grave accepting her own demise. This play is simple in its dialogue, but extraordinary the tale it tells in between. Thorton Wilder makes the everyday mundane completely enchanting and encourages the reader to slow down. Enjoy your day. Enjoy your life. Because one day, you won't be here and everything will continue to go on.

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