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Our Town. Meet Thornton Wilder's beloved characters Emily Webb and George Gibb and watch as they experience daily life, fall in love, and face tragedy.
What moments of your own life would you choose to live over again if given the chance? You can count on CliffsNotes to help open your eyes to the characters and themes in Our Town as you think about what it means to really live life every, every minute.
This beautiful new edition features an eyeopening Afterword written by Tappan Wilder that includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.
Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play.