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Our Town

by Thornton Wilder · 1938

Classics · ranked #66 in category

The Stage Manager introduces the town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, and its inhabitants — particularly two neighbouring families — across three acts covering 1901 to 1913. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play strips away theatrical illusion entirely, using a bare stage and narration to make visible what we take for granted in ordinary life until it is gone.

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The verdict

Category
Classics
First published
1938 · 1930s
Author
Thornton Wilder
Standing
Essential Read

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