Thornton Wilder
Author
Series
Publisher
Perennial Classics
Pub. Date
1998, c1938
Edition
1st Perennial Classics ed.
Physical Desc
121 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Our Town explores the relationship between two young neighbors, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into romance, and then culminates in marriage. When Emily loses her life during childbirth, the circle of life portrayed in each of the three acts--childhood, adulthood, and death--is fully realized. Widely considered one of the greatest American plays of all time, Our Town debuted on Broadway in 1938 and continues to be...