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Franklin Library leather edition of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," "The Skin of Our Teeth," and "The Matchmaker," Illustrated by Jim Campbell, a Limited edition, one of the 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE series, published in 1980. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has matching French moire silk end leaves, hubbed spine, satin book marker, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, gold gilding on three edges---in FINE condition---most would list as FINE. Thornton Wilder, who was born in 1897 in Wisconsin, was reared in China. "The Skin of Our Teeth" was awarded the PULITZER PRIZE in drama in 1942. "Our Town," winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize, is introduced and narrated by the Stage Manager, who welcomes the audience to the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, early on a May morning in 1901. In the opening scene, the stage is largely empty, except for some tables and chairs that represent the homes of the Gibbs and Webb families, the setting of most of the action in Act I. The set remains sparse throughout the play. After the Stage Manager’s introduction, the activities of a typical day begin. Howie Newsome, the milkman, and Joe Crowell, Jr., the paperboy, make their delivery rounds. Dr. Gibbs returns from delivering a set of twins at one of the homes in town. Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb make breakfast, send their children off to school, and meet in their gardens to gossip. Throughout the play, the characters pantomime their activities and chores. When Howie makes his milk deliveries, for example, no horse appears onstage despite the fact that he frequently addresses his horse as “Bessie.” The Stage Manager often interrupts the action. He calls Professor Willard and then Mr. Webb out onto the stage to tell the audience some basic facts about Grover’s Corners. Afternoon arrives, school lets out, and George Gibbs meets his neighbor Emily Webb outside the gate of her house. Now evening, a choir in the orchestra pit begins to sing “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds.” The choir, directed by the bitter yet comical choirmaster Simon Stimson, continues to sing as George and Emily talk to each other through their open windows. 452 pages. "The Matchmaker" is a play with HORACE VANDERGELDER, a merchant of Yonkers, New York, and Irene Molloy, a milliner. 456 pages. I offer Combined shipping.
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