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Our Town

Wilder, Thorton

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Commentary

One of the great American plays for a reason. Thorton Wilder’s meditation on life and death through the eyes of a small town in New Hampshire continues to hold up.

Notes

For a thoughtful novel about aging and personal history that has Our Town woven into it, see Anne Patchett’s Tom Lake. Also, a scene from Our Town makes an impactful cameo appearance in My So Called Life.

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