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Free Study Guide for Our Town by Thornton Wilder-Book Summary Previous Page | Table of Contents | Next PageDownloadable / Printable Version PLOT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS Our Town is an unusual play in structure. It intentionally contains little action, in order to support the theme; nothing exciting or suspenseful happens in any of the three
acts, just as nothing exciting happens in Grover�s Corners. The play also ignores most dramatic conventions. In the beginning, the Stage Manager saunters on to an empty stage to talk directly to the audience; he tells them that the play is ready to begin. He then describes the appearance of Grover�s Corners and its inhabitants. The play also
ignores the unity of time and place. Between the first and second acts, three years pass. Then between the second and third acts, another nine years pass. In addition, the omniscient Stage Manager has repeated flashbacks to the past and flashforwards to the future, further negating a unity of time. The play also has many locations. Although the
entire play takes place in or around Grover�s Corners, each act has a different and distinct key setting. In Act I, most of the action takes place in the homes of the Webbs and the Gibbs; often the activity in both homes is seen on stage at once, in order to emphasize the sameness of things in this small town. The second act is set largely at the church,
where Emily and George are married. The last act is set in the cemetery outside of town and in the home of Emily during her revisit to her twelfth birthday. Not surprisingly, these acts are entitled by the main concern of each. Act I is called �Daily Routine,� Act II is Love and Marriage, and the final act is called Death. In spite of the lack of unity
provided by time and location in the play, character serves as a great unifier. The Stage Manager and Emily are seen throughout the drama. Since the structural hallmark of the drama is the content of each act and its relationship to the rest of the play, it is important to understand all the acts and how they fit together into a whole in spite of the more
than twelve years that pass. Wilder captures the daily routine in the first act by showing characters like the milkman and the paperboy doing their daily rounds, the town constable discussing trivialities like the weather, and the mothers fretting about their children. Act II, entitled Love and Marriage, centers on the wedding of Emily and George. The
last act, entitled death, is about Emily dying and going back to earth. In the process of presenting the three acts, Wilder is really depicting the whole of life - from birth, through growth, daily routine, and marriage, and finally to death. Within this span, little remarkable takes place, and the citizens of Grover�s Corners ignore the wonders of life to be
found in the trivial and commonplace. It is only when Emily comes back from the grave that she realizes that people really do not appreciate life while they are alive. Another structural feature that holds the plot together is the continual presence of the Stage Manager. The play begins when he casually saunters on stage and talks to the audience. The
act ends with his telling the audience that they can go have a smoke during intermission. In similar fashion, he opens and closes Act II and Act III. Additionally, he interrupts the play many times to make a comment on give important background information. As a result, the Stage Manager greatly contributes to the plot of the play becoming a unified
whole. OUR TOWN-THEMES/THEME ANALYSIS The central theme of the play is based on the inherent goodness and beauty of existence and mankind�s failure to appreciate them. The theme is worked out by the structuring of the acts around the stages of life. Act I deals with birth and everyday life. The act is cluttered with ordinary people, daily
routine, family relationships, and growing up. Act II, which focuses on love and marriage, continues to reveal the ordinary things in life. The third act centers on death in juxtaposition to life. It is only after Emily revisits the earth as a spirit that she realizes that humans fail to appreciate the beauty of life; they do not cherish the joys of birth, family
ties, flowers, warm breakfasts, education, and thousands of other things that are taken for granted. Instead, they fret about the most inconsequential matters and fail to relate to one another. Death, therefore, becomes the healer that ends the pain and conflict of living. Through his play, Wilder tries to teach the audience to seize the moment and
enjoy living. There are no guarantees about a certain life span, as evidenced by the premature deaths of Emily Webb and her brother, Wally; tomorrow may be too late. By calling the drama Our Town and portraying ordinary people and events, the people in the audience and the readers of the play can identify with the theme and apply it to their own
lives. Previous Page | Table of Contents | Next PageDownloadable / Printable Version Our Town by Thornton Wilder Study Guide-Free BookNotes Plot Summary Stageplay written by Thornton Wilder For other uses, see Our Town (disambiguation). Our Town1938 first edition cover from the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections
DivisionWritten byThornton WilderCharactersStage ManagerMrs. Myrtle WebbMr. Charles WebbEmily WebbJoe Crowell Jr.Mrs. Julia GibbsDr. Frank F. GibbsSimon Stimson Mrs. Soames George GibbsHowie NewsomeRebecca GibbsWally WebbProfessor WillardWoman in the BalconyMan in the AuditoriumLady in the BoxConstable WarrenSi
CrowellThree Baseball PlayersSam CraigJoe StoddardDate premieredJanuary 22, 1938Place premieredMcCarter TheatrePrinceton, New JerseyOriginal languageEnglishSubjectLife and death in an American small townGenreDramaSetting1901 to 1913. Grover's Corners, New Hampshire near Massachusetts. Our Town is a 1938 metatheatrical three-
act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. Throughout, Wilder uses metatheatrical devices, setting the play in the actual theatre where it is being performed.
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. The play is performed without a set on a mostly bare stage. With a few exceptions, the actors mime actions without the use of props. Our Town was first
performed at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey in 1938.[1] It later went on to success on Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written",[2] the play remains popular today and revivals are frequent. Synopsis Frank Craven as the Stage Manager in the original
Broadway production of Our Town (1938) Act I: Daily Life The Stage Manager introduces the audience to the small town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, and the people living there as a morning begins in the year 1901. Professor Willard speaks to the audience about the history of the town. Joe Crowell delivers the paper to Doc Gibbs, Howie
Newsome delivers the milk, and the Webb and Gibbs households send their children (Emily and Wally Webb, George and Rebecca Gibbs) off to school on this beautifully simple morning. The Stage Manager leads us through a series of pivotal moments throughout the afternoon and evening, revealing the characters' relationships and challenges. The
audience discovers that Emily and George like each other, and are both straining to grow up in their own way. Act II: Love and Marriage Three years have passed, and George and Emily prepare to wed. The day is filled with stress. Howie Newsome is delivering milk in the pouring rain while Si Crowell, younger brother of Joe, laments how George's
baseball talents will be squandered. George pays an awkward visit to his soon-to-be in-laws. Here, the Stage Manager interrupts the scene and takes the audience back a year, to the end of Emily and George's junior year. Emily confronts George about his pride, and over an ice cream soda, they discuss the future and they confess their love for each
other. George decides not to go to college, as he had planned, but to work and eventually take over his uncle's farm. In the present, George and Emily say that they are not ready to marry—George to his mother, Emily to her father—but they both calm down and happily go through with the wedding. Act III: Death and Eternity Nine years have passed.
The Stage Manager, in a lengthy monologue, discusses eternity, focusing attention on the cemetery outside of town and the people who have died since the wedding, including Mrs. Gibbs (pneumonia, while traveling), Wally Webb (burst appendix, while camping), Mrs. Soames, and Simon Stimson (suicide by hanging). Town undertaker Joe Stoddard is
introduced, as is a young man named Sam Craig who has returned to Grover's Corners for his cousin's funeral. That cousin is Emily, who died giving birth to her and George's second child. Once the funeral ends, Emily emerges to join the dead. Mrs. Gibbs urges her to forget her life, warning her that being able to see but not interact with her family,
all the while knowing what will happen in the future, will cause her too much pain. Ignoring the warnings of Simon, Mrs. Soames, and Mrs. Gibbs, Emily returns to Earth to relive one day, her 12th birthday. She joyfully watches her parents and some of the people of her childhood for the first time in years, but her joy quickly turns to pain as she
realizes how little people appreciate the simple joys of life. The memory proves too painful for her and she realizes that every moment of life should be treasured. When she asks the Stage Manager if anyone truly understands the value of life while they live it, he responds, "No. The saints and poets, maybe – they do some." Emily returns to her grave
next to Mrs. Gibbs and watches impassively as George kneels weeping over her. The Stage Manager concludes the play and wishes the audience a good night. Characters Stage Manager – a narrator, commentator, and guide through Grover's Corners. He joins in the action of the play periodically, as the minister at the wedding, the soda shop owner, a
local townsman, etc., and speaks directly to Emily after her death. Emily Webb – one of the main characters; we follow her from a precocious young girl through her wedding to George Gibbs and her early death. George Gibbs – the other main character; the boy next door, a kind but irresponsible teenager who matures over time and becomes a
responsible husband, father and farmer. Frank Gibbs – George's father, the town doctor. Julia (Hersey) Gibbs – George's mother. She dreams of going to Paris but doesn't get there. She saved $350 for the trip from the sale of an antique furniture piece but willed it to George and Emily. Dies while visiting her daughter in Ohio. Charles Webb – Emily's
father, Editor of the Grover's Corners Sentinel Myrtle Webb – Emily and Wally's mother. Secondary characters Joe and Si Crowell – local paperboys. Joe's intelligence earns him a full scholarship to MIT where he graduates at the top of his class. His promise will be cut short on the fields of France during World War I, according to the Stage Manager.
Both he and his brother Si hold marriage in high disdain. Simon Stimson – the choir director and church organist. We never learn the specific cause of his alcoholism and suicide, although Joe Stoddard, the undertaker, observes that "He's seen a peck of troubles." He remains bitter and cynical even beyond the grave. Howie Newsome – the milkman, a
fixture of Grover's Corners. Rebecca Gibbs – George's younger sister. Later elopes with a traveling salesman and settles in Ohio. Wallace "Wally" Webb – Emily's younger brother. Dies of a burst appendix on a Boy Scout camping trip. Professor Willard – a rather long-winded lecturer Woman in the Balcony – attendee of Editor Webb's political and
social report - concerned with temperance Belligerent Man at Back of Auditorium – attendee of Editor Webb's political and social report - concerned with social justice Lady in a Box – attendee of Editor Webb's political and social report - concerned with culture and beauty Mrs. Louella Soames – a gossipy townswoman and member of the choir
Constable Bill Warren – the policeman Three Baseball Players – who mock George at the wedding Joe Stoddard – the undertaker Sam Craig – a nephew of Mrs Gibbs who left town to seek his fortune. He came back after 12 years in Buffalo for Emily's funeral. Man from among the Dead Woman from among the Dead Mr. Carter (Dead) Farmer McCarty
Bessie – Howie Newsome's horse (visible to the characters, but not the audience) Composition Wilder began making notes for the play while he was teaching and lecturing in Chicago in the 1930s.[3] A constant traveler, he wrote it everywhere he went.[4] In June 1937, he stayed in the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, one of the
many locations where he worked on the play. It is believed Wilder drafted the entire third act during a visit to Zürich in September 1937, in one day, after a long evening walk in the rain with a friend, author Samuel Morris Steward.[5] Setting The play is set in the actual theatre where the play is being performed, but the year is always May 7, 1901.
The Stage Manager of the May 7, 1901 production introduces the play-within-the-play which is set in the fictional community of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. The Stage Manager gives the coordinates of Grover's Corners as 42°40′ north latitude and 70°37′ west longitude (those coordinates are actually in Massachusetts, about a thousand feet off
the coast of Rockport), and at the beginning of Act III he mentions several real New Hampshire landmarks in the vicinity: Mt. Monadnock and the towns of Jaffrey, Jaffrey Center, Peterborough, and Dublin. Style Wilder was dissatisfied with the theatre of his time: "I felt that something had gone wrong. . .I began to feel that the theatre was not only
inadequate, it was evasive."[6] His response was to use a metatheatrical style. Our Town's narrator, the Stage Manager, is completely aware of his relationship with the audience, leaving him free to break the fourth wall and address them directly. According to the script, the play is to be performed with little scenery, no set and minimal props.
Wilder's reasoning was, ". . .I tried to restore significance to the small details of life by removing the scenery. The spectator through lending his imagination to the action restages it inside his own head. In its healthiest ages the theatre has always exhibited the least scenery."[7] The characters mime the objects with which they interact. Their
surroundings are created only with chairs, tables, staircases, and ladders. For example, the scene in which Emily helps George with his evening homework, conversing through upstairs windows, is performed with the two actors standing atop separate ladders to represent their neighboring houses. Wilder once said: "Our claim, our hope, our despair
are in the mind—not in things, not in 'scenery.' "[8] Wilder called Our Town his favorite out of all his works, but complained that it was rarely done right, insisting that it "should be performed without sentimentality or ponderousness--simply, dryly, and sincerely."[citation needed] Production history Frank Craven, Martha Scott and John Craven in the
original Broadway production of Our Town (1938) Our Town was first performed at McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey on January 22, 1938. It next opened at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, on January 25, 1938. The New York City debut of Our Town was on February 4, 1938 at Henry Miller's Theatre and later moved to the Morosco Theatre,
where it ran until November 19, 1938; this production was produced and directed by Jed Harris.[9] Wilder received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1938 for the work.[10] The Jed Harris production of Our Town was revived at New York City Center on January 10, 1944, running for 24 performances until January 29, with Montgomery Clift as George
and Martha Scott as Emily.[11] In 1946, the Soviet Union prevented a production of Our Town in the Russian sector of occupied Berlin "on the grounds that the drama is too depressing and could inspire a German suicide wave".[12] A production at New York City's Lincoln Center opened on December 4, 1988 after 27 previews and ran for 136
performances until April 2, 1989; the cast included Spalding Gray as "Stage Manager", Frances Conroy as "Mrs. Gibbs", Penelope Ann Miller as "Emily" and Eric Stoltz as "George".[13] The production was videotaped for broadcast on PBS (see "Adaptations" below). In 2003, Paul Newman, marking his final stage performance, acted in the role of
"Stage Manager" with Jayne Atkinson as "Mrs. Gibbs" and Jane Curtin as "Mrs. Webb" in a production staged at New York City's Booth Theatre. It opened on December 4, 2002 after three previews and ran until January 26, 2003.[14] The production was videotaped for broadcast on Showtime and later on PBS (see "Adaptations" below).[15] An award-
winning revival of Our Town opened at the Barrow Street Theatre, in New York City, on February 26, 2009. The production was directed by David Cromer, who also performed the role of Stage Manager for much of the show's run. Upon closing, the production had played four preview and 644 regular performances, making it the longest-running
production of the play in its history. In addition to Cromer, other notable actors who performed in the role of Stage Manager included Helen Hunt, Michael McKean, Jason Butler Harner, Stephen Kunken and Michael Shannon.[16] In 2017, Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theater, a Los Angeles-based theater company, co-produced with the Pasadena
Playhouse a production of Our Town performed in American Sign Language and spoken English.[17] Awards 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. On May 2, 1938, Thornton Wilder won the prize of $1,000 "for the original American play. . .which shall represent in marked fashion the educational value and power of the stage, preferably dealing with the
American life."[18] 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival 1989 Tony Award for Best Revival Adaptations Hal Holbrook as the Stage Manager in the 1977 television adaptation. Our Town was first performed on radio May 12, 1939, on The Campbell Playhouse. The cast included Orson Welles as the Stage Manager, John Craven of the
original stage production as George Gibbs, and Patricia Newton as Emily Webb. Our Town (1940 film), adaptation starring Martha Scott as Emily and William Holden as George Gibbs, with an original music score composed by Aaron Copland. Many members of the original cast repeated their roles in this film, although the ending was changed so that
Emily lived. Our Town (1940 radio), on May 6, 1940, a radio version was performed by many of the same film actors for Lux Radio Theater. Our Town (1946 radio), on September 29, 1946, a radio version was performed on the Theatre Guild on the Air featuring Thornton Wilder himself as the Stage Manager and Dorothy McGuire as Emily. In 1953,
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show, broadcast live on both the CBS and NBC television networks, featured a scene from Our Town, including performances by Mary Martin and Oscar Hammerstein II. The Ford show attracted an audience of 60 million viewers. Forty years after the broadcast, television critic Tom Shales recalled the broadcast as both "a
landmark in television" and "a milestone in the cultural life of the '50s".[19] Our Town (television), a live musical 1955 television adaptation on Producers' Showcase starring Frank Sinatra as the Stage Manager, Paul Newman as George Gibbs, and Eva Marie Saint as Emily. The first and only musical version of the play to be telecast. Our Town,[20] a
1977 television adaptation of the play, starring Hal Holbrook as the Stage Manager, Robby Benson as George Gibbs and Glynnis O'Connor as Emily Webb. Grover's Corners, a 1987 musical adaptation performed at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Our Town,[21] a 1989 telecast of a Lincoln Center stage production starring Spalding Gray,
Frances Conroy, Penelope Ann Miller, and Eric Stoltz In 1994, Philip Jerry choreographed a balletic adaptation set to the music of Aaron Copland which the American Repertory Ballet in Princeton, New Jersey has performed in the decades since its premiere.[22] OT: Our Town, a 2002 documentary by Scott Hamilton Kennedy about a production of the
play by Dominguez High School in Compton, California Our Town, a 2003 television film adaptation starring Paul Newman as the Stage Manager. It was shown on PBS as part of Masterpiece Theatre after first being shown on the cable channel Showtime. It was filmed at the Booth Theatre in Manhattan, where it played on Broadway in 2002.[15] Our
Town (opera), an operatic version of the play with music by Ned Rorem References ^ "Our Town: A History". Masterpiece Theatre. PBS. Retrieved 2015-02-21.[dead link] ^ ^ "Thornton Wilder". Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-02-13. ^ Jones, Chris (December 28, 2012). "Our town was Wilder's town too". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved
2020-02-13. ^ Steward, Samuel; Gertrude Stein; Alice B. Toklas (1977). Dear Sammy: Letters from Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas. Houghton Mifflin. p. 32. ISBN 978-0395253403. ^ Wilder, Thornton. "Preface". Thornton Wilder, Collected Plays and Writings on Theater. Retrieved 2021-02-04. ^ Wilder, Thornton (February 13, 1938). "A Preface For
"Our Town"". The New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2021. Mr. Wilder Discusses Such Matters as Realism, Convention, Even Scenery, in Connection With Grover's Corners ^ Lumley, Frederick (1967). New Trends in 20th Century Drama: A Survey since Ibsen and Shaw. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 333. OCLC 330001. ^ "Our Town".
Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2008-07-10. ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners of 1938". The Pulitzer Prizes. 1938. Retrieved 2008-07-10. ^ "Our Town". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2021-02-04. ^ "Play 'Our Town' is Banned in Soviet Berlin Sector", Christian Science Monitor, February 13, 1946, p. 13. ^ "Our Town: People". Internet
Broadway Database. Retrieved February 4, 2021. ^ "Our Town: People". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 4, 2021. ^ a b Hetrick, Adam (November 3, 2008). "Westport Announces Additional Screenings of Paul Newman Our Town". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-02-04. ^ Hetrick, Adam (September 12, 2010). "David Cromer's Heralded 'Our
Town' Ends Off-Broadway Run Sept. 12". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2021-02-04. ^ "Our Town". Pasadena Playhouse. ^ "Wilder's Drama 'Our Town' Is Named Pultizer Winner". The New York Times. May 3, 1938. Retrieved May 4, 2021. ^ Shales, Tom (December 26, 1993). "Ford's 50th anniversary show was
milestone of '50s culture". Palm Beach Daily News. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "Our Town (TV Movie 1977)". IMDb. May 30, 1977. ^ W. Jones. ""Great Performances" Our Town (TV Episode 1989)". IMDb. ^ "Our Town". American Repertory Ballet. Retrieved February 4, 2021. Further reading Wilder, Thornton (1938). Our Town: A Play in Three
Acts. New York: Coward McCann, Inc. OCLC 773139. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Our Town. Our Town at the Internet Broadway Database Our Town Teaching and Reading Educational Materials; by The Thornton Wilder Society Dramatic and Theatrical Aspects in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”[permanent dead link]
Cummings Study Guide of Our Town Our Town 1940 film; free download at archive.org Our Town Plot Summary and Critical Analysis; by The Thornton Wilder Society Documentary Video on the legacy of Our Town; by The Thornton Wilder Society Retrieved from "

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