The Skin Of Our Teeth
by Thornton Wilder

Name: The Skin Of Our Teeth
Brand: Thornton Wilder
SKU: 9780573615481
Rating: 3.82 (4914 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

120 minsPresent DayReduced Casting (Doubling Possible)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsElaborate/High-Volume CostumesAmerican Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer Prize

Winner! 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the play, with many finding its surreal narrative both captivating and confusing. Some appreciate its cleverness and humor, while others criticize its chaotic structure and incomprehensible elements. A common sentiment is that the play might be better appreciated through a live performance rather than just reading the script.

Clever and satiricalWild and surreal narrativeEngaging character dynamicsProvocative and thought-provokingConfusing and chaotic structureMay need live performance for clarity

Synopsis

"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is the groundbreaking satiric fantasy follows the extraordinary Antrobus family down through the ages from the time of 'The War' surviving flood, fire, pestilence, locusts, the ice age, the pox and the double feature, a dozen subsequent wars and as many depressions.

Ultimately, they are the stuff of which heroes and buffoons are made.

Their survival is a vividly theatrical testament of faith in humanity."

Press Reviews

"Wonderfully wise... A tremendously exciting and profound stage fable."
— Herald Tribune

"For an American dramatist, all roads lead back to Thornton Wilder... The Skin of Our Teeth was a remarkable gift to an America entrenched in catastrophe, a tribute to the trait of human endurance."
— Paula Vogel, Foreword, The Skin of Our Teeth

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Sabina	—	—	—
Mr. Fitzpatrick	—	—	—
Mrs. Antrobus	—	—	—
Dinosaur	—	—	—
Mammoth	—	—	—
Telegraph Boy	—	—	—
Gladys	—	—	—
Henry	—	—	—
Mr. Antrobus	—	—	—
Doctor	—	—	—
Professor	—	—	—
Judge	—	—	—
Homer	—	—	—
Miss E. Muse	—	—	—
Miss T. Muse	—	—	—
Miss M. Muse	—	—	—
Usher (2)	—	—	—
Girl (Drum Majorette) (2)	—	—	—
Fortune Teller	—	—	—
Chari Pusher (2)	—	—	—
Conveener (5)	—	—	—
Broadcast Official	—	—	—
Defeated Candidate	—	—	—
Mr. Tremayne	—	—	—
Hester	—	—	—