

An edition of Three Plays (1955)
By Thornton Wilder
Publish Date
October 1, 1998
Publisher
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Language
eng
Pages
401
Description:
From celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Thornton Wilder, three of the greatest plays in American literature together in one volume. This omnibus edition brings together Wilder's three best-known plays: ***Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, and The Matchmaker [The Merchant of Yonkers].*** In includes a ***preface by the author, as well as a foreword by playwright John Guare.*** ***Our Town,*** Wilder's timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning look at love, death, and destiny, opened on Broadway in 1938 and continues to be celebrated and performed around the world. ***The Skin of our Teeth,*** Wilder's 1942 romp about human follies and human endurance starring the Antrobus family of Excelsior, New Jersey, earned Wilder his third Pulitzer Prize. ***The Matchmaker [The Merchant of Yonkers],*** Wilder's brilliant 1954 farce about money and love starring that irrepressible busybody Dolly Gallagher Levi. This play inspired the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly!
subjects: Thornton Wilder, History, Historical, American, 3, Three, Plays, Drama, Fiction, Classic, Literature, American drama (dramatic works by one author), American Historical drama, American drama, Jews, Biography, Jewish scholars
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