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The Skin of Our Teeth

Thornton Wilder

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition features Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder.

Time magazine called The Skin of Our Teeth "a sort of Hellzapoppin' with brains," as it broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, and satire , Thornton Wilder departs from his studied use of nostalgia and sentiment in Our Town to have an Eternal Family narrowly escape one disaster after another, from ancient times to the present. Meet George and Maggie Antrobus ; their two children, Gladys and Henry ; and their maid, Sabina as they overcome ice, flood, and war -- by the skin of their teeth.

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Release: April 15, 2003

ISBN: 0060088931

ISBN 13: 9780060088934

The Skin of Our Teeth

Thornton Wilder

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition features Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder.

Time magazine called The Skin of Our Teeth "a sort of Hellzapoppin' with brains," as it broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, and satire , Thornton Wilder departs from his studied use of nostalgia and sentiment in Our Town to have an Eternal Family narrowly escape one disaster after another, from ancient times to the present. Meet George and Maggie Antrobus ; their two children, Gladys and Henry ; and their maid, Sabina as they overcome ice, flood, and war -- by the skin of their teeth.

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Release: April 15, 2003

ISBN: 0060088931

ISBN 13: 9780060088934

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