![]() ![]() The play's final tableau, with a grief-stricken George prostrate at the feet of the Emily who is even now moving on beyond him, is as heartbreaking in 2008 as it was when it was first staged in 1938," says Richman, a professor of theatre and dance. The great ideas and emotions - love, wonder, the response to death - are always with us. Seventy years later, the play by Thornton Wilder set in the fictional New Hampshire town of Grover's Corners remains one of the most frequently produced and most beloved plays in American theatrical history.Īccording to theater historian David Richman at the University of New Hampshire, the lasting popularity of "Our Town" " a summertime favorite among New England theatre groups " can be attributed to Wilder's use of minimal scenery and props, the appeal of its ensemble cast and because it deals, at least in part, with nostalgia. ![]() ![]() Newswise - In January 1938, the play "Our Town" made its debut in New Jersey. ![]()
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