{"product_id":"the-skin-of-our-teeth-a-play-9780062975782","title":"The Skin of Our Teeth: A Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wilder has become a prophet again, searching for values that make humanity worth saving, in a world constantly on the verge of being destroyed either by pitiless nature or by human rage, selfishness, and folly.\" --Michael Feingold, \u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA timeless statement about human foibles and human endurance, \u003cem\u003eThe Skin of Our Teeth \u003c\/em\u003ebrilliantly\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eshowcases\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eThornton Wilder's storytelling genius and extraordinary talent for delving deep into the human psyche. This edition includes an updated afterword by Wilder's nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the author and play.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Wilder less than a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, \u003cem\u003eThe Skin of Our Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e broke from established theatrical conventions of nostalgia and sentiment and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, satire, and more, Wilder depicts an ordinary family as it narrowly escapes one end-of-the-world disaster after another. Meet George and Maggie Antrobus (married only 5,000 years); their two children, Gladys and Henry (perfect in \u003cem\u003eevery\u003c\/em\u003e way!); and their maid, Sabina (the ageless vamp), as they overcome ice, flood, and war--by the skin of their teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilder, Thornton:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. His \u003cem\u003eBridge of San Luis Rey\u003c\/em\u003e, one of seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, \u003cem\u003eOur Town\u003c\/em\u003e (1938) and \u003cem\u003eThe Skin of Our Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e (1943). Wilder's \u003cem\u003eThe Matchmaker\u003c\/em\u003e was adapted as the musical \u003cem\u003eHello, Dolly!\u003c\/em\u003e. He also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them teaching, acting, the opera, and films. (His screenplay for Hitchcock's \u003cem\u003eShadow of Doubt\u003c\/em\u003e [1943] remains a classic psycho-thriller to this day.) Wilder's many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565369037074,"sku":"9780062975782","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e1789fa-15a2-4ec9-be98-c2a8ae240a2d.jpg?v=1737239201","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-skin-of-our-teeth-a-play-9780062975782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}