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Original Title:	Our Town: A Play in Three Acts
ISBN:	0060512636 (ISBN13: 9780060512637)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Stage Manager, Mrs. Myrtle Webb, Mr. Charles Webb, George Gibbs, Emily Webb, Mrs. Julia Gibbs, Dr. Frank F. Gibbs, Simon Stimson, Joe Crowell, Jr., Howie Newsome, Rebecca Gibbs, Wally Webb, Professor Willard, Woman in the Balcony, Man in the Auditorium, Lady in the Box, Mrs. Louella Soames, Constable Warren, Si Crowell, Three Baseball Players, Sam Craig, Joe Stoddard
Setting:	Grover's Corners, New Hampshire(United States) New Hampshire(United States)
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1938), New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Nominee for Best American Play (1938)

Our Town

Thornton Wilder

Paperback | Pages: 181 pages

Rating: 3.66 | 42541 Users | 1671 Reviews

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Title	:	Our Town
Author	:	Thornton Wilder
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 181 pages
Published	:	September 23rd 2003 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published 1938)
Categories	:	Plays. Classics. Drama. Fiction. Academic. School

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"So all that was going on and we never noticed...Oh, earth,you are too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every,every minute?”

To answer poor dead Emily's question: I know I don't. Especially not today. Not on this Fourth of July. Most Independence Days I think about hot dogs, potato salad, Souza, and fireworks. And maybe--for a brief moment—about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This year, though, I am thinking about everything we have lost. Little towns like "Our Town," eaten up by urban sprawl or abandoned to the ghosts of the plains. Our sense of a common purpose. Our civility. Our truthfulness. Our faith in our justice system to bring about justice. Our belief that science and government can make things better. Our openness to the strangers among us--especially the children of strangers. Our friendships with people who are different—or who believe different things—from ourselves. And even our ability to agree about what flags should be honored and how our national holidays should be celebrated. The only hope I have is that, by being honest with ourselves, by spending a few moments this Fourth of July reflecting on all America has lost, we may perhaps realize--now, this minute--how wonderful our life on earth—in our America, in our town—really is.

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It is perhaps silly to say that Our Town is underrated but that is how I feel. I found it unexpectedly profound. Setting the last act in a cemetery with the deceased people commentating was original and unexpected. It would be hard to dismiss Emilys feelings in that last act.The characters in Our Town are simple small town folk with real aspirations and real problems, so it all seemed authentic. From the milkman to discussion about who was inheriting the farm I could relate. In my own town

Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for drama.Occasionally a book comes along that makes me say, now this is why I read. Thornton Wilder was perfect when he wrote this and the result was perfection. "Our Town" struck every chord just right for me. I grew up near a small town on a farm and I recognized this town, and I recognized these people. Through the first two acts of this play I was loving it and thinking, this is the Americana that is fast disappearing, maybe already has. Then act 3 knocked

American playwriting at its best. I think the most stunning thing is that this book manages to convey a deep sense of human tragedy without portraying people who rabidly abuse each other. This is also why many hack directors (not to mention high schools) have been able to produce the work as a saccharine fairytale, and the bad reputation of this play can certainly be attributed to these careless people. But you, my dear critical thinker--you should read this.

Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? - every.. every minute?



DON'T READ THE FORWARD UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE READ THE STORY. "Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? ---every, every minute?" First published in 1938, OUR TOWN is a play by Thornton Wilder that delivers a hauntingly REAL look at life....and death....and love. ACT I begins on May 7, 1901 in the small town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. It is a nice town with a nice mix of people. Some are gossips, some have addictions and others have little disagreements and problems like

I have read this book too many times to count. It is amazingly ageless and speaks to each generation. I was priviledged to see Paul Newman open as the Stage Manager on opening night in Wesport,CT. I read quotes from it at my younger sister's funeral. I carries a lot of weight with me. Read the book before you ever see a high school production!