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Our Town : A Play in Three Acts
Our Town A Play in Three Acts
Author: Thornton Wilder
Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life in the town of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play. It is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060535254
ISBN-10: 0060535253
Publication Date: 9/2003
Pages: 208
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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If you didn't read this in high school, you should read it now. It's a wonderful story of love in small-town America. It's an almost Norman Rockwell type of family tale of a time long gone by (or did it ever even exist?). George and Emily fall in love, get married, and then...well, I won't give it all away.

The fun part of the play is that the actors dress in period costumes (1900s), but there are virtually no sets or props. All props are mimed, and there is only the occasional table and chairs to serve as set pieces. This way, you don't get distracted by the "stuff" onstage and can concentrate on the story. A sweet little play.
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An American classic, and a lovely play to sit and read.
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A drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners.


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