Published by Penn State University Press
The tenth issue of the Thornton Wilder Journal (volume 5, issue 2) is available from Penn State University Press. This issue features The Dreamers, a previously unpublished, unperformed play by a young Wilder, and the first scholarly article on it.
Also included is the third in a series of articles on The Skin of Our Teeth from a historicist approach; this one focuses on Act Two.
In this tenth issue we are excited to inaugurate what we hope will be a new series of “Reconsiderations,” articles in which Wilder scholars reexamine major past pieces of Wilder scholarship. The first reappraisal is of Martin Blank’s Critical Essays on Thornton Wilder, published by G. K. Hall in 1996.
Our performance reviews section includes reviews not only of Our Town (including two on the recent Broadway revival) and The Skin of Our Teeth, but also of the London revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Imelda Staunton in the title role.
Here is the table of contents:
Editors’ Note
The Dreamers: A Play in Four Acts by Thornton Wilder
Articles
Discovering The Dreamers: A First Response by Lincoln Konkle
“Fun at the Beach”: A Historicist Reading of Act 2 of The Skin of Our Teeth by Charles Martocello
“The Chance to Build New Worlds”: Interviews with Rogue Theatre Visionaries by Terryl Hallquist
Thornton Wilder’s Correspondence with Bob Burns by Mary Rebecca Burns
Reconsiderations: Blank’s Critical Essays on Thornton Wilder by Stephen J. Rojcewicz Jr.
Performance Reviews
Hello, Dolly!, London Palladium, London, UK by Gina M. Di Salvo
The Skin of Our Teeth, Rogue Theatre, Tucson, Arizona by Jeffery Kennedy
The Skin of Our Teeth, Badische Landesbühne, Eppingen, Germany by William Grange
The Skin of Our Teeth, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, Washington by Christopher J. Wheatley
Our Town, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, New York by Jill Dolan
Our Town, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, New York by Jan Balakian
Our Town, Nashville Repertory Theatre, Nashville, Tennessee by Terryl Hallquist
Our Town, Rude Mechs, Austin, Texas by Cason Murphy
For more information on the Journal, please visit our Journal page.
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