Dec 22, 2009

Our Town | Summary

Act One: Daily Life
The title for Act One is' "Daily Life," the Stage Manager tells the audience. Our Town begins at daybreak in Grover's Comers, New Hampshire, in the year 1901. The Stage Manager points out some of the geographical features of the town and indicates the houses of the two families who provide much of the action of the play, the Webb and Gibbs families. Dr. Gibbs is returning home from delivering twins, Joe Crowell delivers the morning newspaper, and Howie Newsome makes his rounds delivering milk.

The children of the two central families (Emily...