Our Town and Other Plays
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Our Town and Other Plays
By (Author) Thornton Wilder
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
23rd October 2000
31st August 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
812.52
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 14mm
191g
Description
Finding the theatre of the 1920s lacking in bite and conviction, Thornton Wilder set out to bring back realism and to celebrate the innocent, simple and religious. Yet he also tried to endow individual experience with cosmic significance and Our Town is both an affectionate portrait of American life and 'an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life'. The Skin of our Teeth deals with human survival in a 'comic strip' way, and The Matchmaker is a hilarious farce which urges rebellion against all the constraints that deny a rich, full life.
Author Bio
Thornton (Niven) Wilder (1897-1975) American writer and playwright, best known for OUR TOWN (1938) and THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY (1927), an examination of justice and altruism.
