PW Our Town

When reading this script, there is a very simple, plain feeling. The three acts of the book describe the daily life, marriage and death of all the people in the small town. As I watched it, I was reminded of my first play at McCarter – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Both plays have a very strong family ethic line, which makes people look like they don’t bother to watch Shakespeare, but they can also feel the taste of it.
There are no gorgeous sentences in this book, but the author is able to use simple dialogue to reflect the calm, simple and small touching of everyone in this simple, step-by-step town. When George and Emily are about to get married, Emily’s father and her mother begin to yearn for their own wedding day. He said that although he had never seen her before, when he saw her coming he thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. I have tears in my eyes when I see this. Harmony!
I think Our Town is a very good play. It’s also fun to read, using the story of a simple town to represent the classic American countryside. Seeing Emily’s death from the perspective of a bystander may also be an inspiration for readers.