Three plays : Our town, the Skin of Our Teeth, the Matchmaker ; [with a new foreword by John Guare] /
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975,
Three plays : Our town, the Skin of Our Teeth, the Matchmaker ; [with a new foreword by John Guare] / Thornton Wilder. - New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006, 1957. - xxxii, 463 pages ; 21 cm. - HarperPerennial modernclassics . - Harper Perennial modern classics. .
Includes afterword by Tappan Wilder: p. 429-456.
Our town -- The skin of our teeth -- The matchmaker.
This important new omnibus edition features an illuminating foreword by playwright John Guare and an extensive afterword for each play drawing on unpublished letters and other unique documentary material prepared by Tappan Wilder. Our Town: Wilder's timeless 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning look at love, death, and destiny is celebrated around the world and performed at least once each day in the United States. The Skin of our Teeth: Wilder's 1942 romp about human follies and human endurance starring the Antrobus family of Excelsior, New Jersey. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1943. The Matchmaker: Wilder's brilliant 1954 farce about money and love starring that irrepressible busybody Dolly Gallagher Levi. This play inspired the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! - Publisher.
9780062971920
Historical drama, American.
Historical drama, American.
American drama--20th century.
Drama.
Drama.
F
Three plays : Our town, the Skin of Our Teeth, the Matchmaker ; [with a new foreword by John Guare] / Thornton Wilder. - New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006, 1957. - xxxii, 463 pages ; 21 cm. - HarperPerennial modernclassics . - Harper Perennial modern classics. .
Includes afterword by Tappan Wilder: p. 429-456.
Our town -- The skin of our teeth -- The matchmaker.
This important new omnibus edition features an illuminating foreword by playwright John Guare and an extensive afterword for each play drawing on unpublished letters and other unique documentary material prepared by Tappan Wilder. Our Town: Wilder's timeless 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning look at love, death, and destiny is celebrated around the world and performed at least once each day in the United States. The Skin of our Teeth: Wilder's 1942 romp about human follies and human endurance starring the Antrobus family of Excelsior, New Jersey. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1943. The Matchmaker: Wilder's brilliant 1954 farce about money and love starring that irrepressible busybody Dolly Gallagher Levi. This play inspired the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! - Publisher.
9780062971920
Historical drama, American.
Historical drama, American.
American drama--20th century.
Drama.
Drama.
F