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1938 thornton wilder play6/11/2023 Rural NH in 1901 was idyllic-everyone knew their neighbors and often married the boy or girl next door milk was delivered by horse cart daily the constable’s only job was to occasionally roust a drunken workman WWI was not even on the horizon. The play continues to be moving and powerful in a very understated way. I was also moved to re-read the play because it was my only thespian experience having played Wally Webb (two lines in Act 2 and then a silent role in Act 3 in the graveyard after my appendix burst on a camping trip) in a high school production more than 70 years ago. The article also interviewed a number of actors who had played Emily Webb, ranging from a student production at the U of Washington in the 1950’s to more recent, modern treatments. I re-read this play after reading an article in the Sunday NYT that indicated that a new book about it was forthcoming. Almost everyone of a certain age has seen, read, or acted in Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s classic play about life and death in small town America, Grovers Corners, New Hampshire to be precise.
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