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has glosseng: Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average towns citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives (particularly George Gibbs, a doctors son, and Emily Webb, the daughter of the towns newspaper editor and Georges future wife). Using metatheatrical devices, Wilder sets the play in a 1930s theater. He uses the actions of the Stage Manager to create the town of Grover's Corners for the audience. Scenes from its history between the years of 1901 and 1913 play out.
lexicalizationeng: Our Town
instance of(noun) (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning"
period of play, playing period, play
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German
has glossdeu: Unsere Kleine Stadt ist ein episches Theaterstück von Thornton Wilder in drei Akten. 1938 wurde es in den Vereinigten Staaten unter dem Originaltitel Our Town uraufgeführt, die deutsche Erstaufführung konnte erst im August 1945, nach Kriegsende, stattfinden. Das Stück wurde nach der Uraufführung mit dem Pulitzerpreis ausgezeichnet und 1940 verfilmt.
lexicalizationdeu: Unsere kleine Stadt
French
has glossfra: Our Town est une pièce de théâtre en trois actes écrite par le dramaturge américain Thornton Wilder en 1938. Elle a reçu le prix Pulitzer.
lexicalizationfra: Our Town
Italian
has glossita: Piccola Città (titolo originale Our Town) è unopera teatrale di Thornton Wilder del 1938. Per questopera Wilder vinse, nello stesso anno di rappresentazione, il premio Pulitzer per il teatro.
lexicalizationita: Piccola Città
Japanese
has glossjpn: 『わが町』は、ソーントン・ワイルダーの三幕物の戯曲。ニューハンプシャー州のグローバーズ・コーナーという架空の町での物語である。
lexicalizationjpn: わが町
Russian
has glossrus: «Наш городок» — пьеса Торнтона Уайлдера, за которую он получил в 1938 году Пулитцеровскую премию.
lexicalizationrus: Наш городок
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