The second and concluding volume of Thornton Wilder's short plays.
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Thornton Wilder was one of the most distinguished and versatile American writers of the 20th century. Among many honors, he was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes: two for drama, one for fiction. His stage works include Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth and The Matchmaker--remaining among the best-loved and most-produced plays of all time.
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Excellent Edition of Lesser-Known Wilder,
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This review is from: The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)
First, a correction to a previous review. Anyone looking for Pullman Car Hiawatha in this book will be disappointed: it's in Volume I of The Collected Short Plays.
Both volumes have been edited with great care and love. The better-known plays may be in Volume I, but the works here are no less fascinating, even the less successful ones. And despite the title, Wilder's fourth finished full-length play The Alcestiad (with its "satyr play" The Drunken Sisters) is included. Perhaps most tantalizing of all are two completed scenes from the ambitious The Emporium, along with extensive diary notes illuminating Wilder's struggles to make progress on this unfinished project. These two volumes are a must for anyone who loves Wilder's work, and especially for writers and anyone involved in the theater.
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Pullman Car Hiawatha - Amazing,
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This review is from: The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)
I performed as Harriet from Pullman Car Hiawatha in State Competition for one-acts, and we won! It is quite moving if done right, and is a lot like Our Town - on a shorter and more eccentric verson.
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HERE ARE VARIOUS SKETCHES, playlets, unproduced drafts, miscellaneous one-acts, selected essays, along with a complete full-length drama, by one of America's most cherished writers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The Alcestiad, King Admetus, King Agis, New York, Thornton Wilder, King of Thessaly, The Drunken Sisters, Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, Isabel Wilder, Brother Fire, The Unerring Instinct, Donald Gallup, God Lily, The Marriage We Deplore, Tyrone Guthrie, New Haven, One Act, Some Thoughts, Admetus the Hospitable, Employment Office, Fanny Otcott, John Graham, Orphanage Scene, The Flight New!
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HERE ARE VARIOUS SKETCHES, playlets, unproduced drafts, miscellaneous one-acts, selected essays, along with a complete full-length drama, by one of America's most cherished writers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mistaken invalid, four herdsmen, satyr play, palace door Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Alcestiad, King Admetus, King Agis, New York, Thornton Wilder, King of Thessaly, The Drunken Sisters, Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, Isabel Wilder, Brother Fire, The Unerring Instinct, Donald Gallup, God Lily, The Marriage We Deplore, Tyrone Guthrie, New Haven, One Act, Some Thoughts, Admetus the Hospitable, Employment Office, Fanny Otcott, John Graham, Orphanage Scene, The Flight New!
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- Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics) by Thornton Wilder on 9 pages
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Perennial Classics) by Thornton Wilder on 4 pages
- Master Builder (Dover Thrift Editions) by Henrik Ibsen on page 40, page 42, and page 43
- George Washington by Genevieve Foster on page 103, and page 104
- The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder on page 5, and page 153
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- John Guare: A Research and Production Sourcebook (Modern Dramatists Research and Production Sourcebooks) by Jane Kathleen Curry on page 112
- Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama (Greenwood Introduces Literary Masterpieces) by Susan C. W. Abbotson on page 35
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