Our Town

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By John Walters on Tuesday, February 10, 2004.
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Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, is one of the greatest in American theater. It supposedly takes place in Peterborough, New Hampshire. We meet Tappan Wilder, nephew and literary executor of the playwrite Thornton Wilder. Tappan tells us the story behind the play, the questions it addresses, and whether Our Town actually takes place in Peterborough.

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