In this second part of our two-part series on Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Gracious and Jared discuss more about the significant themes in the show, and summarize the second and third acts: “Love & Marriage” and “Death & Eternity”. We delve into some history and ask…what did Thornton Wilder think about theater during this time and how was he going to change it? Was Our Town successful in fulfilling its purpose?

REFERENCES:

“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder (Foreward by Donald Margulies)

Published by Harper Perennial: Modern Classics

Copyright © 1938, 1965 by the Wilder Family LLC. Forward copyright © 2003 by Donald Marguiles. Afterword copyright © 2003 by Tappan Wilder.

“Stella Adler: The Art of Acting” compiled & edited by Howard Kissel

Copyright © 2000 by Applause Books

Thornton Wilder Family Website

https://www.thorntonwilder.com/

“Our Town,” Thornton Wilder Page

https://www.thorntonwilder.com/our-town

The Thornton Wilder Society, “Our Town”

https://www.twildersociety.org/works/our-town/

The birth and life of an American classic: “Our Town” (Pulitzer files)

https://www.pulitzer.org/article/birth-and-life-american-classic-our-town

Preface to THREE PLAYS, Thornton Wilder

https://www.thorntonwilder.com/blog/2021/1/28/preface-to-three-plays-by-thornton-wilder-nbsp

‘In Our Living and Our Dying: Our Town in the 21st Century,’ Thornton Wilder YouTube

https://youtu.be/qhnHgz-nw2Y?si=q5c60YS5c9XEYx5n

https://soul-serenity-journal-app.vercel.app/

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/dan-costa/prologue

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