description: Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the town of Grover 's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play.It is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new Foreword by Donald Margulies, who writes, "You are holding in your hands a great American play. Possibly the great American play." In addition, Tappan Wilder has written an eye-opening new Afterword, which includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.
language: English
title: Our Town
titlecomplete: Our Town
characters: Mrs. Julia Gibbs, Si Crowell, Sam Craig, Mrs. Myrtle Webb, Professor Willard, Howie Newsome, Joe Crowell, Jr., Constable Warren, Stage Manager, Three Baseball Players, Dr. Frank F. Gibbs, Man in the Auditorium, Joe Stoddard, George Gibbs, Rebecca Gibbs, Wally Webb, Emily Webb, Mr. Charles Webb, Simon Stimson, Woman in the Balcony, Lady in the Box, Mrs. Louella Soames
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Drama, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, High School, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 51906
places: Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, New Hampshire
awards: awardedAt: -1009814400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Drama, awardedAt: -1009814400000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Franklin Watts