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Three Plays: Our Town, the Skin of Our Teeth, and the Matchmaker

by Thornton Wilder

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ISBN13: 9780060512644
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< blockquote> < p> Three of the greatest plays in American literature collected in one volume < /p> < /blockquote> < p> 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edition features an illuminating foreword by playwright John Guare and an extensive afterword for each play drawing on unpublished letters and other unique documentary material prepared by Tappan Wilder. < /p> < p> < i> Our Town< /i> & #8212; 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. < /p> < p> < i> The Skin of our Teeth< /i> & #8212; 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. < /p> < p> < i> The Matchmaker< /i> & #8212; Wilder's brilliant 1954 farce about money and love starring that irrepressible busybody Dolly Gallagher Levi. This play inspired the Broadway musical < i> Hello, Dolly < /i> . < /p>

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This classic contains three of the greatest plays in American literature in one volume. "Our Town" and "The Skin of Our Teeth" are Pulitzer Prize winners. "The Matchmaker" was Wilder's biggest Broadway hit.

Synopsis:

Three of the greatest plays in American literature collected in one volume

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edition features an illuminating foreword by playwright John Guare and an extensive afterword for each play drawing on unpublished letters and other unique documentary material prepared by Tappan Wilder.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!.

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ISBN:
9780060512644
Subtitle:
Our Town, the Skin of Our Teeth, and the Matchmaker
Author:
Wilder, Thornton
Author:
by Thornton Wilder
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Subject:
American
Series:
Perennial Classics
Publication Date:
January 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
463
Dimensions:
8.08x5.36x1.20 in. .73 lbs.
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