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Colloquium: The Thornton Wilder Society at TCNJ – A Celebration
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Albee, Oates, Seldes, Mann, and McClatchy will headline a Thornton Wilder Society Event at The College of New Jersey.
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A Critic at Large: Dah-ling
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Robert Gotlieb of The New Yorker looks back at the life of Tallulah Bankhead, who originated the role of Sabina, the family maid, beauty queen, and temptress in Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play, The Skin of Our Teeth.
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Teresa Wright, Stage and Film Star, Dies at 86
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Douglas Martin of The New York Times looks back at the life and accomplishments of Teresa Wright. She is best known to Wilder fans as Charlie, the innocent but suspicious niece of a serial killer, in Alfred Hitchcock's harrowing film, Shadow of a Doubt, for which Wilder composed the initial screenplay.
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In Any Town, Wilder’s Mirror Reflects Angst
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Peter Applebome of The New York Times looks at how Our Town contains universal messages applicable on a global scale.
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Wilder in the Ukraine
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In this fascinating piece, Julie-Anne Franko, Fulbright Scholar on American Drama to Ukraine, details her experiences teaching Wilder in a country where American Drama is all but unknown. The article details not only the need for more scholars like Ms. Franko but also the love for Wilder internationally.
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Review: To Grandmother’s House We Go (With Baggage)
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Ben Brantley of The New York Times reviews Paula Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home, which he notes Vogel describes as "a latter-day answer to Thornton Wilder's Our Town."
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Wilder and Film
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Although Wilder is known primarily for his drama and fiction, he also has made a real impact on film.
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New Materials on Wilder: High School Yearbook Entry, Berkeley High School, May 1915
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On April 12, Seth Poppel, who has an impressive collection of the high school yearbooks of noted Americans and Canadians, wrote us that Thornton Wilder's 1915 yearbook from Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California was in his collection.
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