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Our Town
Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 17m
Image: 2024 Broadway Production (Daniel Rader)
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Cast Size
7w, 17m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Accolades
- Winner! 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winner! 1989 Tony Award for Best Revival
Winner! 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival
Details
Summary
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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History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period 1900-1910
- Setting Grovers Corners, New Hampshire. May 1901.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes, Period Costumes
- Additional Features Not Applicable
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Media
“One of the sagest, warmest and most deeply human scripts to have come out of our theatre.” – New York Post
“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
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
The Women of Wilder
by Annette Storckman
June 4, 2019
Theatre Comes to The Public: Bringing Our Town(s) Together
by Rosey Strub
December 19, 2016
OUR TOWN’s Timeless Qualities: 75 Years in the Making
by Tara Kennedy
January 23, 2012
Videos
Thornton Wilder: It's Time
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In Our Living and Our Dying: Our Town in the 21st Century
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Tappan Wilder on the Legacy of Our Town
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The New Edition of Our Town
Photos
Image: Joan Marcus
Image: 2024 Broadway Production (Daniel Rader)
Image: 2024 Broadway Production (Daniel Rader)
Image: 2024 Broadway Production (Daniel Rader)
Image: 2024 Broadway Production (Daniel Rader)
Music
- Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Authors
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at Yale and Princeton, was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works explore the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one ...
