Our Town | Essays and Criticism

  • Why Wilder's Play Continues to be So Popular

    Wiles is a teacher with more than twenty years of experience in secondary education. His essay examines why Wilder's play continues to be so popular.

  • Our Town and the Golden Veil

    In this excerpt, Scott examines the bittersweet nostalgia that pervades Wilder'splay.

  • Review of Out Town

    In this review, which originally appeared in the New York Times's February 5, 1938, edition, Atkinson praises Our Town as a moving evocation of the beauty and simplicity of ordinary life in America. Considered one of the most influential theatre reviewers in America, Atkinson served as drama critic for the New York Times from 1925 to I960.