This special edition includes an afterword by Wilder's nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating documentary material about the playwright and his most famous drama. 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. When Emily loses her life during childbirth, the circle of life portrayed in each of the three acts-childhood, adulthood, and death-is fully realized. Our Town explores the relationship between two young neighbors, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into romance, and then culminates in marriage. In the process of conducting the interviews that comprise most of this book, many words. It is the simple story of a love affair that asks timeless questions about the meaning of love, life, and death. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. 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. Thornton Wilder, Donald Margulies (Foreword) Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. Our Town leaves us with a sense of blessing, and the unspoken but palpable. Thornton Wilders Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the mythical village of Grovers Corners, New Hampshire-an allegorical representation of all life-is. " 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 Buy a cheap copy of Our Town: A Play in Three Acts book by Thornton Wilder.
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