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A review by katykelly
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
5.0
Life in a small American town before WWI, told in a modern and knowing style with a narrator who knows the future of characters. We skip through the years with adolescents becoming adults, with marriages and deaths and regrets and all of life on a platter, summarised with just a few individuals.
It's bare bones, simple and effective, quite moving at the end, clever and very forward-thinking for its time.
I read it straight after Wilder's farce The Matchmaker and his range is extraordinary. The contrast was amazing. This was one play I'd read ABOUT but never got around to actually reading and I'm really glad I did as it's deserving of its accolades.
It's bare bones, simple and effective, quite moving at the end, clever and very forward-thinking for its time.
I read it straight after Wilder's farce The Matchmaker and his range is extraordinary. The contrast was amazing. This was one play I'd read ABOUT but never got around to actually reading and I'm really glad I did as it's deserving of its accolades.