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Our Town (Multilingual)
Nilo Cruz
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Highlights
120 mins 1900-1910 Flexible Cast Size Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award Pulitzer Prize Tony Award
Winner! 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 1989 Tony Award for Best Revival Winner! 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival
Synopsis
This edition of the play differs only slightly from previous acting editions, yet it presents Our Town as Thornton Wilder wished it to be performed.
Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage” and “Death and Eternity.”
Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, the play depicts the simple daily lives of the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die.
Thornton Wilder's final word on how he wanted his play performed is an invaluable addition to the American stage and to the libraries of theatre lovers internationally.
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Press Reviews
"While all of Wilder's work is intelligent, non-synthetic and often moving, as well as funny, it is Our Town that makes the difference. It is probably the finest play ever written by an American."
— Edward Albee
"Thornton Wilder's masterpiece... An immortal tale of small town morality... a classic of soft spoken theater."
— The New York Times
"Beautiful and remarkable one of the sagest, warmest and most deeply human scripts to have come out of our theatre... A spiritual experience."
— New York Post
"No American play describes more powerfully how we imagine ourselves."
— New York Daily News
"No play ever moved me so deeply."
— Alexander Woolcott, The New Yorker
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Dr. Gibbs |
| Joe Crowell |
| Howie Newsome |
| Mrs. Gibbs |
| Mrs. Webb |
| George Gibbs |
| Rebecca Gibbs |
| Wally Webb |
| Emily Webb |
| Professor Willard |
| Mr. Webb |
| Woman In The Balcony |
| Man In The Auditorium |
| Lady In The Box |
| Simon Stimson |
| Mrs. Soames |
| Constable Warren |
| Si Crowell |
| Three Baseball Players |
| Sam Craig |
| Joe Stoddard |
| People Of The Town |
| Stage Manager |
Videos
Thornton Wilder: It's Time
Publication
Our Town is a play written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French .
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