Our Town

:See Our Town (1940 movie) for the adapted 1940 film.

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Our Town is a play by Thornton Wilder that is set in the fictional community of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. As the narrator, the Stage Manager, says, "nothing exciting happens in Grover's Corners." It is a story of character development and details the interactions between citizens of the town as they live their lives (particularly George Gibbs, a doctor's son, and Emily Webb, the daughter of a newspaper editor). Our Town opened on February 4, 1938 in New York City. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1938. It was adapted into a film in 1940.

Related Topics:
Thornton Wilder - New Hampshire - February 4 - 1938 - New York City - Pulitzer Prize for Drama - 1938 - Film - 1940

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