Wilder, Thornton. (1897-1975) . Autograph Letter Signed on Teaching.
Autograph letter signed "Thornton" from the Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist and dramatist whose works include such classics as The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town. One page, on the verso of a blank-faced postcard, postmarked May 23, 1967, Vineyard Haven, MA. Addressed to Miss Margaret Dunbar of Silver Spring, Maryland, first asking forgiveness for his short reply and explaining that "I've been directed to spare my eyes. Probably a little operation next year. (I shut 'em on alternate half-hour and play records)." Wilder continues, "Teachers belong to the 'Pallas Athena' category of influences on a man's life - in the paradigm that I outline in the book. I wonder if many realize the life-long influence that is. I hope you were aware of it all the time. In England the boy passes immediately from the mother and the 'nanny' to men teachers and I think I can see the difference in the national character. So I again can express a deep indebtedness and much affection."
Lauded by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", Our Town tells the story of the fictional New England small town Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913. The play's style is meta-theatrical: the setting is a theatre, the main character is a stage manager, and the use of sets and props is minimal. It was first performed at McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey, on 22 January 1938, and opened on Broadway on 4 February. Wilder won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the same year.
Wilder, Thornton. (1897-1975) . Autograph Letter Signed on Teaching.
Autograph letter signed "Thornton" from the Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist and dramatist whose works include such classics as The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town. One page, on the verso of a blank-faced postcard, postmarked May 23, 1967, Vineyard Haven, MA. Addressed to Miss Margaret Dunbar of Silver Spring, Maryland, first asking forgiveness for his short reply and explaining that "I've been directed to spare my eyes. Probably a little operation next year. (I shut 'em on alternate half-hour and play records)." Wilder continues, "Teachers belong to the 'Pallas Athena' category of influences on a man's life - in the paradigm that I outline in the book. I wonder if many realize the life-long influence that is. I hope you were aware of it all the time. In England the boy passes immediately from the mother and the 'nanny' to men teachers and I think I can see the difference in the national character. So I again can express a deep indebtedness and much affection."
Lauded by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", Our Town tells the story of the fictional New England small town Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913. The play's style is meta-theatrical: the setting is a theatre, the main character is a stage manager, and the use of sets and props is minimal. It was first performed at McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey, on 22 January 1938, and opened on Broadway on 4 February. Wilder won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the same year.