Louella Soames that Simon Stimson is an alcoholic when she, Mrs. It is at this time when we are introduced to Simon Stimson, an organist and choir director at the Congregational Church. The Stage Manager leads us through a series of pivotal moments throughout the afternoon and evening, revealing the characters' relationships and challenges. Editor Webb speaks to the audience about the town's socioeconomic status, political and religious demographics, and the accessibility and proliferation, or lack thereof, of culture and art in Grover's Corners. 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 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. It went on to success on Broadway and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and remains popular today with frequent revivals.įrank Craven as the Stage Manager in the original Broadway production of Our Town (1938) Act I: Daily Life The first performance of Our Town was at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey on January 22, 1938. With a few exceptions, the actors mime actions without the use of props. The play is performed without a set on a mostly bare stage. 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. Wilder uses metatheatrical devices, setting the play in the actual theatre where it is being performed. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", it presents the fictional American town of Grover's Corners between 19 through the everyday lives of its citizens.
Our Town is a three-act play created by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938. Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, near Massachusetts. 1938 first edition cover from the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Divisionġ901 to 1913.
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