The Stage Manager In Thornton Wilder's Play Our Town

Thornton Wilder: All About The Stage Manager Thornton Wilder was a very famous writer in the twentieth century. His works contain writing about the daily routine of life and he uses a Stage Manager. In his play Our Town, he uses these ideas about the Stage Manager and the daily routine of life. The Stage Manager is a big and meaningful role in the play Our Town (Papajewski 4). He is almost like the town of Grover's Corner, beautiful in a unique way, but not amazing (Austell 96). This actor should seem to be laid back and relaxed as the viewers come in and find their seats (95). The Stage Manager seemed to erase the normal division between the actors and the viewers, he sometimes even talks to a set bunch in the crowd (Papajewski 3). Wilder uses this individual to voice that the stage is not reality (Galens 227). …show more content…
Although this is the most difficult part, it does not have to be played by the greatest actor (96). He loves facts because he needs to know what has occurred in the past (95; Kuner 51). In addition, the Stage Manager is very to the point on what he is talking about, but you can not see it, so you have to imagine it (Haberman 22). The Stage Manager shows life on stage straight to the viewers (Burbank 76). In fact, he is not only the narrator but he is also an actor in the play (Kuner 50). This actor also performs as Mrs. Forest, Mr. Morgan, and the Minister (Galens 227). Like the people in the Chinese drama he settles props on the stage, and like Chorus in Greek theatre, he speaks statements on the events in the drama (Burbank 76; Galens