Professor Christopher Benfey | The Wilder-Proust Questionnaire
With the 3rd International Thornton Wilder Conference just around the corner, scholars, friends and fans of TW answer 7 short
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Review: ‘The Bridge of San Luis Rey’ is beautifully scripted at N.J. premiere
'The Bridge of San Luis Rey,' adapted from the 1927 Thornton Wilder novel, at Two River Theater Company in New Jersey.
Surviving by The Skin of Our Teeth: Closing out The Skin’s 75th Anniversary Year
We close out The Skin’s 75th Anniversary Year, pinching ourselves that we are still alive to celebrate this milestone, with a few quotes: one from the author and others from those who love the play and are brave enough to produce and write about it.
REVIEW: Village Voice – Joys Great and Small: A Spectacular ‘Skin of Our Teeth’
The Village Voice reviews Theatre for a New Audience's production of The Skin of Our Teeth.
Review: A Wilder Christmas | The Wall Street Journal
Two rarely seen one-act plays that serve as previews of ‘Our Town’.
Review: Opera News | Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner
ere’s a welcome release – the first English-language recording of The Long Christmas Dinner, Hindemith’s 1960 opera adaptation of Thornton
Review: The Long Christmas Dinner CD
Janie McCauley reviews the Bridge Records CD release of the original English language version of Paul Hindemith's final opera, “The Long Christmas Dinner”," with a libretto by Thornton Wilder.
World Without End…?
Program notes from the Yale School of Drama's recent production of The Skin of Our Teeth
A Note from a Nephew
As the playwright reminded fans over and over, Our Town is not about small town life but Life itself – “it’s about everywhere.” And “everywhere” would certainly seem to describe the rich diversity of the play’s sources, as well as the variety of locations where the playwright did his work.
Is Thornton Wilder God?
Who has nudged you lately, at your water cooler or watering hole, to ask: “Have you read Thornton Wilder’s prose masterpiece, The Bridge of San Luis Rey?”