![]() It went on to success on Broadway and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and remains popular today with frequent revivals.įrank Craven as the Stage Manager in the original Broadway production of Our Town (1938) Act I: Daily Life The first performance of Our Town was at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey on January 22, 1938. With a few exceptions, the actors mime actions without the use of props. The play is performed without a set on a mostly bare stage. The main character is the stage manager 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. Wilder uses metatheatrical devices, setting the play in the actual theatre where it is being performed. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", it presents the fictional American town of Grover's Corners between 19 through the everyday lives of its citizens. Our Town is a three-act play created by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938. Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, near Massachusetts. ![]() 1938 first edition cover from the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Divisionġ901 to 1913. ![]()
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