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Our Town

American  

noun

  1. a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder.

Our Town Cultural  

  1. (1938) A Pulitzer Prize –winning play by Thornton Wilder, dealing with everyday life in a small town in New England.

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The first production, Our Town, will debut at Swansea Grand Theatre in January next year, before touring Wales.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

Which small town was the home of lovers George and Emily in the Thornton Wilder play Our Town?

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2023

Our Town, which continues today, has awarded nearly $50 million in grants since 2011.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021

The two-part Harry Potter play is being condensed into one and there has been no word on pre-pandemic plans for revivals of classic plays "Death of a Salesman" and "Our Town."

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2021

“Excuse me, but Our Town is quite possibly the best play ever written about the totality of the human experience.”

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

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