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Our Town is a three-act play written by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", [1] it presents the fictional American town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens.
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Directed by John Heisel. A landmark in American drama, Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town tells the story of a small town, Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, in order to tell us the story of every town, the whole world over. Narrated by the “Stage Manager”, we follow the Gibbs and Webb families, residents of Grover’s ...
Feb 13, 2021 · Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" may be the best known, most widely produced and deceptively simple of American plays. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "OUR TOWN")
“Our Town’s” significance was not immediately obvious, nor did it have an easy birth. The play’s long journey to Princeton, and the genesis of Wilder’s mythical town, began in 1920, in Rome. Wilder, 23, was a student at the American Academy, studying Italian, Latin and, notably, archaeology.
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Our Town Studios, Columbus, Ohio. 205 likes · 4 talking about this · 124 were here. Our Town Studios is a certified waiver provider through the Ohio Department of DD
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Watch Paul Newman as the Stage Manager in a 2003 adaptation of Thornton Wilder's play about life in a small town. Find out how to stream, watch trailers, and see the cast and crew of Our Town.
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