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Our Town:  A Play in Three Acts
Our Town A Play in Three Acts
Author: Thornton Wilder
Our Town reveals the day-to-day life of the inhabitants of a New Hampshire village--with its humor and its tragedy, its beauty and its sordidness, set against a background of centuries of time, social history and religious ideas. No matter where you live you have neighbors like Doctor and Mrs. Gibbs, Editor and Mrs. Webb. And surely they have ch...  more »
ISBN: 179068
Publication Date: 1940
Pages: 131
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Publisher: Pocket Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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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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