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321:). Town undertaker Joe Stoddard is introduced, as is a young man named Sam Craig who has returned to Grover's Corners for his cousin's funeral. That cousin is Emily, who died giving birth to her and George's second child. Once the funeral ends, Emily emerges to join the dead. Mrs. Gibbs urges her to forget her life, warning her that being able to see but not interact with her family, all the while knowing what will happen in the future, will cause her too much pain. Ignoring the warnings of Simon, Mrs. Soames, and Mrs. Gibbs, Emily returns to Earth to relive one day, her 12th birthday. She joyfully watches her parents and some of the people of her childhood for the first time in years, but her joy quickly turns to pain as she realizes how little people appreciate the simple joys of life. The memory proves too painful for her and she realizes that every moment of life should be treasured. When she asks the Stage Manager if anyone truly understands the value of life while they live it, he responds, "No. The saints and poets, maybe – they do some." Emily returns to her grave next to Mrs. Gibbs and watches impassively as George kneels weeping over her. The Stage Manager concludes the play and wishes the audience a good night. 281:
old hens," according to Doc Gibbs, discussing Simon's alcoholism. It seems to be a well known fact amongst everyone in town that Simon Stimson has a problem with alcohol; all the characters speak to his issue as if they are aware of it and his having "seen a peck of trouble," a phrase repeated by more than one character throughout the show. While the majority of townsfolk choose to "look the other way," including the town policeman, Constable Warren, it is Mrs. Gibbs who takes Simon's struggles with addiction to heart, and has a conversation with her husband, Doc Gibbs, about Simon's drinking.
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and Wally Webb, George and Rebecca Gibbs) off to school on this beautifully simple morning. Professor Willard speaks to the audience about the history of the town. Editor Webb speaks to the audience about the town's socioeconomic status, political and religious demographics, and the accessibility and proliferation, or lack thereof, of culture and art in Grover's Corners. The Stage Manager leads the audience through a series of pivotal moments throughout the afternoon and evening, revealing the characters' relationships and challenges.
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the very chairs and table are gone. Our claim, our hope, our despair is in the mind–not in things, not in "scenery". Moliere said that for the theater all he needed was a platform and a passion or two. The climax of this play needs only five square feet of boarding and the passion to know what life means to us.
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Shakespeare Hour Episode 51: "Our Town" - A discussion of the staging, motifs, and leitmotifs in the play "Our Town" - Alan Paul (Director, "Our Town"): Howard Sherman (Author, Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st Century); and Craig Wallace (played the role of Mr. Webb in "Our
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Three years have passed, and George and Emily prepare to wed. The day is filled with stress. Howie Newsome is delivering milk in the pouring rain while Si Crowell, younger brother of Joe, laments how George's baseball talents will be squandered. George pays an awkward visit to his soon-to-be in-laws.
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The Stage Manager introduces the audience to the small town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, and the people living there as a morning begins in the year 1901. Joe Crowell delivers the paper to Doc Gibbs, Howie Newsome delivers the milk, and the Webb and Gibbs households send their children (Emily
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Underneath a glowing full moon, Act I ends with siblings George and Rebecca, and Emily gazing out of their respective bedroom windows, enjoying the smell of heliotrope in the "wonderful (or terrible) moonlight," with the self-discovery of Emily and George liking each other, and the realization that
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Each individual assertion to an absolute reality can only be inner, very inner. And here the method of staging finds its justification–in the first two acts there are at least a few chairs and tables; but when Emily revisits the earth and the kitchen to which she descended on her twelfth birthday,
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It is at this time when we are introduced to Simon Stimson, an organist and choir director at the Congregational Church. It is learned from Mrs. Louella Soames that Simon Stimson is an alcoholic when she, Mrs. Gibbs, and Mrs. Webb stop on the corner after choir practice and "gossip like a bunch of
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role to narrate the story and also to appear as several different characters. The Stage Manager, as the play's "Narrator," creates the story's point of view. The Narrator is supernatural as he is entirely aware of his relationship with the audience; as such it allows him freedom to break the
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of the theatre who directly addresses the audience, brings in guest lecturers, fields questions from the audience, and fills in playing some of the roles. The play is performed without a set on a mostly bare stage. With a few exceptions, the actors mime actions without the use of props.
624:. Wilder's reasoning was, "...I tried to restore significance to the small details of life by removing the scenery. The spectator through lending his imagination to the action restages it inside his own head. In its healthiest ages, the theatre has always exhibited the least scenery." 38: 338: â€“ A narrator, commentator, and guide through Grover's Corners. He joins in the action of the play periodically, as the minister at the wedding, the soda shop owner, a local townsman, etc., and speaks directly to Emily after her death. 576:, which is set in the fictional community of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. The Stage Manager gives the coordinates of Grover's Corners as 42°40′ North latitude and 70°37′ West longitude. (In the real world, these coordinates are in 362: â€“George's mother. She dreams of going to Paris but doesn't get there. She saved $ 350 for the trip from the sale of an antique furniture piece but willed it to George and Emily. Dies while visiting her daughter in Ohio. 951:. On May 2, 1938, Thornton Wilder won the prize of $ 1,000 "for the original American play. . .which shall represent in marked fashion the educational value and power of the stage, preferably dealing with the American life." 552:, one of the many locations where he worked on the play. It is believed Wilder drafted the entire third act during a visit to ZĂĽrich in September 1937, in one day, after a long evening walk in the rain with a friend, author 636:
The characters mime the objects with which they interact. Their surroundings are created only with chairs, tables, staircases, and other mundane objects. For example, the scene in which Emily helps George with his evening
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Wilder began making notes for the play while he was teaching and lecturing in Chicago in the 1930s. Constantly on the move, he worked on the play wherever he went. In June 1937, he stayed in the
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his favorite out of all his works, but complained that it was rarely done right, insisting that it "should be performed without sentimentality or ponderousness—simply, dryly, and sincerely."
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Here, the Stage Manager interrupts the scene and takes the audience back a year, to the end of Emily and George's junior year. Emily confronts George about his pride, and over an
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The play is set in the actual theatre where the play is being performed, but the date is always May 7, 1901. The Stage Manager of the May 7, 1901, production introduces the
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as "the greatest American play ever written", 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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as Mrs. Soames, and Donald Webber Jr. as Simon Stimpson. The production is expected to begin previews on September 17 with an opening night planned for October 10 at the
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The audience is dismissed to the first intermission by the Stage Manager who quips, "That's the end of Act I, folks. You can go and smoke, now. Those that smoke."
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Wilder, Thornton (March 15, 2007). "Preface to Three Plays: 'Our Town', 'By the Skin of our Teeth', 'The Matchmaker'".
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opened on December 4, 1988, after 27 previews, and ran for 136 performances until April 2, 1989; the cast included
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In Our Living and Our Dying: "Our Town" in the 21st Century - Short documentation film about "Our Towns" Legacy
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recalled the broadcast as both "a landmark in television" and "a milestone in the cultural life of the '50s."
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Mr. Wilder Discusses Such Matters as Realism, Convention, Even Scenery, in Connection With Grover's Corners
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devices, setting the play in the actual theatre where it is being performed. The main character is the
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In 1994, Philip Jerry choreographed a balletic adaptation set to the music of Aaron Copland which the
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1938 first edition cover from the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division
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The play's stage direction indicates that the play is to be staged and performed with little
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played the Stage Manager in a production that ran on Broadway from Nov 27 to Dec 27, 1969.
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where he graduates at the top of his class. His promise will be cut short on the fields of
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as George. The production was videotaped for broadcast on PBS (see "Adaptations" below).
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A Film - How Thornton Wilder’s Play Speaks to a Changing America and Around the World
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as Emily. The first and only musical version of the play to be telecast. The song "
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edited by Bryer Jackson R., Konkle Lincoln, Northwestern UP, 2013, pp. 121–31.
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has a mention of the play, but only the beginning and end scenes are depicted.
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Elliott Kenneth. "The Outsider: Contextualizing Simon Stimson in Our Town."
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The Lasting Impact of "Our Town" - A segment from CBS News - Sunday Morning
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A Film - "Our Town" 2003 Broadway Production Paul Newman as Stage Manager
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on January 10, 1944, running for 24 performances until January 29, with
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1901 to 1913. Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, near Massachusetts.
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The Twelve Seasons of the Edinburgh Gateway Company, 1953 - 1965
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Dramatic and Theatrical Aspects in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”
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Dear Sammy: Letters from Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas
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A production at New York City's Lyceum Theatre, produced by
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featuring Thornton Wilder himself as the Stage Manager and
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as George Gibbs, with an original music score composed by
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Steward, Samuel; Gertrude Stein; Alice B. Toklas (1977).
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Thornton Wilder, Collected Plays and Writings on Theater
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as Mrs. Webb, in a production staged at New York City's
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Call for Proposals: 'Queer Readings of Thornton Wilder
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
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they are both straining to grow up in their own way.
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It went on to success on 3448: 1084:, a live musical 1955 television adaptation on 922:as Mrs. Webb, Billy Eugene Jones as Dr. Gibbs, 1843:"Kenny Leon to Helm Broadway Our Town Revival" 1840: 1275:The style of the play is mimicked in the 2003 987:was first performed on radio May 12, 1939, on 627:Wilder commented on the sparse stage setting: 580:waters, just over 300 meters off the coast of 304: 3434: 2590: 2448: 2146: 1572: 1235:after first being shown on the cable channel 2604: 1495: 1493: 930:as Mr. Webb, Michelle Wilson as Mrs. Gibbs, 291: 1757: 1755: 1221:a 2003 television film adaptation starring 910:in the fall of 2024. 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Described by 121:Three Baseball Players 3310:Water by the Spoonful 2968:The Subject Was Roses 2904:Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 2805:The Skin of Our Teeth 2789:The Time of Your Life 2209:The Skin of Our Teeth 1941:Palm Beach Daily News 1804:on September 18, 2010 1568:. September 19, 2015. 1352:"Our Town: A History" 1209:Dominguez High School 1193:Princeton, New Jersey 1098:as George Gibbs, and 975: 846:Barrow Street Theatre 688:Princeton, New Jersey 659: 629: 561: 554:Samuel Morris Steward 485:Constable Bill Warren 259: 238:Princeton, New Jersey 151:Princeton, New Jersey 109:Man in the Auditorium 3278:August: Osage County 3131:The Heidi Chronicles 2984:The Great White Hope 2928:Look Homeward, Angel 2661:Hell-Bent Fer Heaven 2554:A Little Night Music 2482:No award (1977-1981) 1366:on February 21, 2015 1128:as George Gibbs and 1069:Oscar Hammerstein II 993:. The cast included 899:and spoken English. 806:as "Stage Manager," 734:New York City Center 574:play-within-the-play 509:for Emily's funeral. 453:Woman in the Balcony 433:Wallace "Wally" Webb 383:Secondary characters 360:Julia (Hersey) Gibbs 202:written by American 106:Woman in the Balcony 19:For other uses, see 3709:Coward-McCann books 3699:Fiction set in 1913 3694:Fiction set in 1904 3689:Fiction set in 1901 3594:Fiddler on the Roof 3527:Death of a Salesman 3246:Anna in the Tropics 3211:Dinner with Friends 3099:Glengarry Glen Ross 3075:Crimes of the Heart 2837:Death of a Salesman 2503:Death of a Salesman 2244:The Woman of Andros 1609:The Pulitzer Prizes 1356:Masterpiece Theatre 1232:Masterpiece Theatre 1213:Compton, California 1178:Penelope Ann Miller 1087:Producers' Showcase 866:Jason Butler Harner 812:Penelope Ann Miller 795:were in the cast. 479:Mrs. Louella Soames 3495:Morning's at Seven 3155:The Kentucky Cycle 3123:Driving Miss Daisy 2976:A Delicate Balance 2821:State of the Union 2709:The Green Pastures 2685:In Abraham's Bosom 2629:Beyond the Horizon 2405:Janet Wilder Dakin 1913:The New York Times 1828:Pasadena Playhouse 1735:"Our Town: People" 1710:"Our Town: People" 1542:The New York Times 1308:The Big Door Prize 1138:Barbara Bel Geddes 981: 914:as Stage Manager, 889:Pasadena Playhouse 829:as Mrs. Gibbs and 677: 652:Production history 330:Primary characters 319:suicide by hanging 269: 82:Dr. Frank F. 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Our Town (disambiguation)

Thornton Wilder
McCarter Theatre
Princeton, New Jersey
three-act
play
playwright
Thornton Wilder
Edward Albee
metatheatrical
stage manager
McCarter Theatre
Princeton, New Jersey
Broadway
Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Frank Craven
ice cream soda
monologue
pneumonia
suicide by hanging
MIT
France
World War I
Ohio
appendix
Boy Scout
temperance
social justice

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