num_pages: 176
description: A timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition features Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder.Time magazine called The Skin of Our Teeth "a sort of Hellzapoppin' with brains," as it broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, and satire (among other styles), Thornton Wilder departs from his studied use of nostalgia and sentiment in Our Town to have an Eternal Family narrowly escape one disaster after another, from ancient times to the present. Meet George and Maggie Antrobus (married only 5,000 years); their two children, Gladys and Henry (perfect in every way!); and their maid, Sabina (the ageless vamp) as they overcome ice, flood, and war -- by the skin of their teeth.
language: English
title: The Skin of Our Teeth
titlecomplete: The Skin of Our Teeth
characters: George Antrobus, Lilly Sabina, Maggie Antrobus
genres: Theatre, Drama, Classics, American, Fantasy, Plays, High School, Literature, Poetry, Fiction
ratings_count: 4724
awards: awardedAt: -852051600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Drama, awardedAt: -852051600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics