![]() ![]() Bryer wrote, "Wilder presents ordinary people who make the human race seem worth preserving and represent the universality of human existence." 3. In his 1992 book Conversations with Thornton Wilder, English professor Jackson R. Set in the humble hamlet of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, the play follows the relationship of young lovers Emily Webb and George Gibbs, who meet, marry, and separate over the course of 1901 to 1913. OUR TOWN IS A SIMPLE STORY ABOUT EVERYDAY AMERICANS. And because Alfred Hitchcock was such an admirer of Our Town, the iconic director hired Wilder to work on the script for his 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt. Wilder also wrote screenplays for silent films. ![]() ![]() His third Pulitzer came in 1943, when his play The Skin of Our Teeth won the drama prize. ![]() Ten years later, Our Town won Wilder his second Pulitzer, and first in the drama category. His 1927 novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey was a commercial success and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1928. Today, Wilder is considered a titan of 20th-century American literature-and he's the only person to have won the Pulitzer Prize for both literature and drama. OUR TOWN IS WILDER'S MOST POPULAR OF HIS MANY NOVELS AND PLAYS. Yet, there was a time when its content felt downright revolutionary. The American playwright's delicate tale of small town American families at the turn of the 20th century is alive with humanity and poetry. For 80 years, Thornton Wilder's Our Town has awed audiences. ![]()
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