American Literature / Unit 15 AML 1439 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Thornton Wilder and *Our Town*
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The idea
The witness names Wilder for Our Town of nineteen thirty-eight, The Skin of Our Teeth and the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and says it carries positive American values with all the sentimentality and nostalgia, while the staging is innovative: a bare stage and a Stage Manager.
In practice
A bare stage, and a Stage Manager.
Where people slip
The sentiment and experiment sit together.
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