PR : Someone has said [. Would you say your work reflects those one or two ideas? TW : Yes, I think so. I have become aware of it myself only recently. Those ideas seem to have prompted my work before I realized it.
Now, at my age, I am amused by the circumstance that what is now conscious with me was for a long time latent. One of those ideas is this: an unresting preoccupation with the surprise of the gulf between each tiny occasion of the daily life and the vast stretches of time and place in which every individual plays his role.
This preoccupation came out in my work before I realized it. Even Our Town , which I now see is filled with it, was not so consciously directed by me at the time.
At first glance, the play appears to be practically a genre study of a village in New Hampshire. TW : I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play that would engross me. How is it like or unlike the place where you grew up? How is that goal realized? How is it not? If you were to build a time capsule, what would you include and why?
Why does he choose to draw attention to one particular conversation between Emily and George? Discuss the portrayal of marriage in Our Town , comparing the marriages of Mr. Webb and Dr. What do you think Mrs. To move about in a cloud of ignorance Do you agree? Why or why not?
Our Town accelerates time, looking back and forward at major events while also describing mundane, daily life. Did the play make you think of the arc of your own life—or your daily routines—in a new or different way? If so, how? Finally, in both Our Town and the shorter plays, Wilder required the actors to employ a pantomime technique the soda shop scene in Act II, for example , rather than using the realistic stage props so common at the time.
His non-realistic techniques were a radical departure from the conventions so widely popular in plays of the earlier 20th century. The idea was that the play itself was a distillation of life, a commentary on its essential moments.
Today a production with a bare stage, in which actors address the audience and refer to the play itself, is no particular surprise. Our Price. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! Show Guides Show Guides. Search all shows.
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