Thornton Wilder

Our Town and the Cosmic One-Acts (eBook, ePUB)

The Long Christmas Dinner, The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden, and Pullman Car Hiawatha

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First produced and published in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become an American classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780063483132
• Artikelnr.: 74221872

Autorenporträt

THORNTON WILDER (18971975) is the only writer to win Pulitzer Prizes for both drama (Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth) and fiction (The Bridge of San Luis Rey). He collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Shadow of a Doubt, hiked the Alps with the heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney, received a Bronze Star for his service in World War II, and was credited with discovering Orson Welles. He was also a much-loved teacher, letter-writer (especially with Gertrude Stein), and public speakerin four languages. Hello, Dolly! is based on his play The Matchmaker. Learn more about his extraordinary life and work at thorntonwilder.com.