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The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act

Thornton Wilder

3.9/5 ( ratings)

It all happens in one act.

At a sumptuously spread table, ninety Christmas dinners unfold in accelerated motion in Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner. In The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden, four kitchen chairs represent an automobile and a family travels seventy miles in twenty minutes. And in Pullman Car Hiawatha, we board an imaginary railroad car and hear the thoughts of passengers, the populace speeding by -- even the planets above.

Here are five one-act plays encompassing the full range of Thornton Wilder's theatrical vision: from the experimental to the humorous to the fantastic. As The New York Times has written, "Wilder's plays are now more than ever in rhythm with our changing habit of theatergoing....He relates the moment to eternity, seeks the infinite in the immediate, finds the universal in each grain of wheat."

Pages: 127

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Avon Books

Release: June 01, 1980

ISBN: 0380502453

ISBN 13: 9780380502455

The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act

Thornton Wilder

3.9/5 ( ratings)

It all happens in one act.

At a sumptuously spread table, ninety Christmas dinners unfold in accelerated motion in Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner. In The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden, four kitchen chairs represent an automobile and a family travels seventy miles in twenty minutes. And in Pullman Car Hiawatha, we board an imaginary railroad car and hear the thoughts of passengers, the populace speeding by -- even the planets above.

Here are five one-act plays encompassing the full range of Thornton Wilder's theatrical vision: from the experimental to the humorous to the fantastic. As The New York Times has written, "Wilder's plays are now more than ever in rhythm with our changing habit of theatergoing....He relates the moment to eternity, seeks the infinite in the immediate, finds the universal in each grain of wheat."

Pages: 127

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Avon Books

Release: June 01, 1980

ISBN: 0380502453

ISBN 13: 9780380502455

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