Why Did Thornton Wilder Write Our Town
Wilder’s Principal Message in Our Town—That People Should Appreciate the Details and Interactions of Everyday Life While They Live Them—Became Critical at a...
Wilder’s principal message in Our Town—that people should appreciate the details and interactions of everyday life while they live them—became critical at a time when political troubles were escalating in Europe. World War II was on the horizon when the play hit theaters in 1938.
What inspired Thornton Wilder to write Our Town?
On where Wilder wrote Our Town He loved to pick up some conversation in a bar or on the train or in a restaurant and somehow later to incorporate that into the play.
What influenced Thornton Wilder?
It is clear from his preface that Wilder was heavily influenced by oriental theatre. “In Chinese drama,” he writes, “a character, by straddling a stick, conveys to us that he is on horseback.
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