![]() Donald Margulies attests to its worldwide impact. In 1938 it earned Thornton Wilder the second of his three Pulitzers and his first for drama. Our Town is often referred to as the quintessential work of American theater. Students will focus on the sights and sounds of the play to discover their impact on mood and theme they will scrutinize Wilder’s character development to understand the many individual dramas that constitute the overarching drama and they will investigate conflicts and contrasts whose resolutions or lack thereof have made the play meaningful to so many readers and audiences. The activities in this lesson require students to be active observers, sensitive to the playwright’s subtle use of these dramatic and theatrical devices to shape his drama. The power of this play emanates from its simplicity: allusions to spectacle (what the audience sees and hears) without distracting production elegant characterization and character development and essential human conflicts and contrasts that animate the stage. The eye is the enemy of the ear in real drama."įor almost a century, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town has provided audiences with an exceptionally moving theatrical experience despite its minimal sets and only a handful of props-indeed, the play begins with the Stage Manager on an empty stage, dragging a few chairs and tables into their places while the theater audience is still taking their seats. "The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. ![]()
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