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A timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition features Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder.
Time magazine called The Skin of Our Teeth "a sort of Hellzapoppin' with brains," as it broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, and satire (among other styles), Thornton Wilder departs from his studied use of nostalgia and sentiment in Our Town to have an Eternal Family narrowly escape one disaster after another, from ancient times to the present. Meet George and Maggie Antrobus (married only 5,000 years); their two children, Gladys and Henry (perfect in every way!); and their maid, Sabina (the ageless vamp) as they overcome ice, flood, and war -- by the skin of their teeth.
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221听books495听followersThornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.
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芦丌賴貙 賴乇诏夭 賮乇丕賲賵卮賲 賳卮丿賴 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖讴 賲亘丕乇夭賴 丕爻鬲. 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 賴賲賴鈥屰� 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 禺賵亘 噩賴丕賳 乇賵蹖 賱亘賴鈥屰� 鬲蹖夭 趩丕賯賵 賯乇丕乇 丿丕乇賴貙 賴乇 賱丨馗賴 丿乇 禺胤乇賴 賵 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇丕卮 賲亘丕乇夭賴 讴乇丿. 趩賴 賲夭乇毓賴 亘丕卮賴貙 趩賴 禺賵賳賴 賵 蹖丕 賲蹖賴賳.禄
芦丕蹖賳噩丕貙 噩丕蹖蹖賴 讴賴 卮賲丕 丕賵賲丿蹖賳 賵 賲丕 賲噩亘賵乇蹖賲 亘乇丕蹖 丿賵乇賴鈥屬囏� 賵 毓氐乇賴丕 賴賲趩賳丕賳 丕丿丕賲賴 亘丿蹖賲鈥�. 卮賲丕 亘賮乇賲丕蹖蹖丿 亘賴 賲賳夭賱鬲賵賳. 倬丕蹖丕賳 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮 賴賳賵夭 賳賵卮鬲賴 賳卮丿賴...禄
February 12, 2016
Our Town, 1938 - Thorny Wilder omits the alcoholism, adultry, incest, perversion, abuse, insanity, theft, corruption in his rose-tinted white, Christian, middle-class humbug that engaged, once upon a time, Americans. Then came 1942, and the fantasist was back again, as the world shook to the most savage war of all. Thorny still wore his rosy specs in this tomfool spoof of come-wot-may Man Shall Always Survive. Only the middle-brows were bewildered. Everyone else saw it as a simpleton's feelgoody -- what's difficult to understand?
The play succeeded because of Tallulah Bankhead as the eternal maid-mistress - no other reason. Her personality, looks, voice, and comic skills gave wit and theatricality to the absurdist venture, which closed when she left the cast. It's now done by schools and amateurs who need to feel academic. This history lesson is now dated, corny and its message -- we'll always survive, haha, by the skin of our teeth, is irrelevant and pessimistic. Who sez the human race should survive -- and Why?
The play succeeded because of Tallulah Bankhead as the eternal maid-mistress - no other reason. Her personality, looks, voice, and comic skills gave wit and theatricality to the absurdist venture, which closed when she left the cast. It's now done by schools and amateurs who need to feel academic. This history lesson is now dated, corny and its message -- we'll always survive, haha, by the skin of our teeth, is irrelevant and pessimistic. Who sez the human race should survive -- and Why?
February 3, 2022
Irgendwas ist ja immer, und die "gro脽e br眉derliche Kampf- und Beerdigungsgesellschaft" Menschheit wurschtelt sich von Katastrophe zu Katastrophe; einmal war es die Eiszeit, ein anderes mal Krieg und Corona. Ob wir allerdings noch eine Bruderschaft sind, die im Zweifelsfall zusammenh盲lt, darf bezweifelt werden. Aktuell jedenfalls ist unser Erregungspotenzial (man mag auch von Sensibilit盲t sprechen) so gigantisch, dass manche Freundschaft mit Freuden 眉ber einen kleinlichen Disput geopfert wird, wenn dahinter nur ein normatives Dogma steht. Ob die Spaltung der Gesellschaft erfolgreich herbeigeredet wird - man wird sehen.
WIR SIND NOCH EINMAL DAVON GEKOMMEN ist ein absurdes Theaterst眉ck, das vor Kalauern (" Henry Antrobus ist ein richtiger, waschechter amerikanischer Junge. Er wird in diesen Tagen sein Abschlu脽examen machen, falls sie bis dahin das Alphabet vereinfacht haben sollten.") nur so strotzt. Strotzt es auch vor Optimismus? Auf jeden Fall verl盲uft in ihm die Geschichte zyklisch und man darf an Giambattista Vico denken, der auch in FINNEGANS WAKE pr盲sent ist.
Ich wusste bislang nicht, dass sich Thornton Wilder sehr mit Joyce und FW besch盲ftigt hat und war auch 眉berrascht, denn stilistisch gibt es zwischen diesen Autoren kaum Gemeinsamkeiten. Und doch: Der R眉ckgriff auf Arche=Typen und Homer und Moses zeigt ein gemeinsames Interesse.
steht nun jedenfalls auf meiner Wunschliste und ich freue mich schon drauf.
Was die Bewertung angeht: Als Sch眉ler mochte ich das Theaterst眉ck sehr und habe es aus der Erinnerung heraus mit vier Sternen bewertet. Wer es heute zum ersten Mal liest oder sieht (wird es eigentlich noch aufgef眉hrt?), wird vermutlich einen weniger positiven Eindruck haben. Die Rollenverteilung zwischen Mann und Frau l盲sst sich allenfalls historisch vertreten und die Witze wirken gelegentlich etwas platt. Trotzdem will ich die einmal aus der Erinnerung vergebene Bewertung nicht nach unten korrigieren, denn letztlich ist das Besternungssystem ziemlicher Quatsch.
WIR SIND NOCH EINMAL DAVON GEKOMMEN ist ein absurdes Theaterst眉ck, das vor Kalauern (" Henry Antrobus ist ein richtiger, waschechter amerikanischer Junge. Er wird in diesen Tagen sein Abschlu脽examen machen, falls sie bis dahin das Alphabet vereinfacht haben sollten.") nur so strotzt. Strotzt es auch vor Optimismus? Auf jeden Fall verl盲uft in ihm die Geschichte zyklisch und man darf an Giambattista Vico denken, der auch in FINNEGANS WAKE pr盲sent ist.
Ich wusste bislang nicht, dass sich Thornton Wilder sehr mit Joyce und FW besch盲ftigt hat und war auch 眉berrascht, denn stilistisch gibt es zwischen diesen Autoren kaum Gemeinsamkeiten. Und doch: Der R眉ckgriff auf Arche=Typen und Homer und Moses zeigt ein gemeinsames Interesse.
steht nun jedenfalls auf meiner Wunschliste und ich freue mich schon drauf.
Was die Bewertung angeht: Als Sch眉ler mochte ich das Theaterst眉ck sehr und habe es aus der Erinnerung heraus mit vier Sternen bewertet. Wer es heute zum ersten Mal liest oder sieht (wird es eigentlich noch aufgef眉hrt?), wird vermutlich einen weniger positiven Eindruck haben. Die Rollenverteilung zwischen Mann und Frau l盲sst sich allenfalls historisch vertreten und die Witze wirken gelegentlich etwas platt. Trotzdem will ich die einmal aus der Erinnerung vergebene Bewertung nicht nach unten korrigieren, denn letztlich ist das Besternungssystem ziemlicher Quatsch.
February 10, 2017
亘賴 賯賵賱 毓夭賷夭賷 賰賴 丕夭 卮賰爻倬賷乇 賳賯賱 賲賷賰乇丿:
The violent fire consumes itself fast
賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 亘乇丕賷 丿賵乇賴 丕賷 賰賴 鬲賵卮 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 禺賷賱賷 丌賵丕賳诏丕乇賴 賵 賵丕賷賱丿乇 亘禺丕胤乇卮 倬賵賱賷鬲夭乇 亘乇丿賴 賵賱賷
賲毓賱賵賲賴 賰賴 賵丕賷賱丿乇 賴賲 丿趩丕乇 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 诏賵乇賰賷 賵 卮丕賵 賵 爻丕賲乇爻鬲 賲賵丕賲 賲賷卮賴 丕诏乇 鬲丕 丨丕賱丕 賳卮丿賴 亘丕卮賴.
賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 丿乇 爻賴 倬乇丿賴 亘丕 丕禺鬲賱丕賮 夭賲丕賳賷 夭賷丕丿 丕鬲賮丕賯 賲賷賮鬲賴 賵 賲乇賵乇賷 亘乇 鬲丕乇賷禺 亘卮乇賷鬲 丕夭 夭賲丕賳 丌丿賲 鬲丕 倬丕賷丕賳 丕丨鬲賲丕賱賷 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳賷 丿賵賲賴 ...
倬乇 丕夭 丕賱賲丕賳賴丕賷 賲鬲丕丿乇丕賲丕 賵 賮丕氐賱賴 诏匕丕乇賷賴貙 亘丕夭賷诏乇丕 丕夭 賳賯卮卮賵賳 亘賷乇賵賳 賲賷丕賳貙 賰丕乇诏乇丿丕賳 賲賷丕丿 賵爻胤 氐丨賳賴 賵 ... 賵 丕夭 丕賷賳 噩賴鬲 賲賷卮賴 诏賮鬲 亘丕賷丿 丕噩乇丕 亘卮賴 賵 賳賴 禺賵賳丿賴貙 禺賱丕氐賴 賰賴 丕诏乇 禺賵賳丿賷丿 賵 亘禺卮 夭賷丕丿賷卮賵 賳賮賴賲賷丿賷丿 賰丕賲賱丕 胤亘賷毓賷賴 馗丕賴乇賳.
倬.賳. 趩乇丕 鬲賵 丕賷乇丕賳 賰丕乇丕賷 賵丕賷賱丿乇 賳賴 鬲乇噩賲賴 卮丿賳 賳賴 丕噩乇丕責!
倬.倬.賳. 禺賷賱賷 亘賷賳 爻賴 賵 趩賴丕乇 爻鬲丕乇賴 丿賵 丿賱 亘賵丿賲 賵賱賷 賷賴 賰卮卮 卮丿賷丿 丿乇賵賳賷 賰賴 亘賴 爻賲鬲 趩賷夭丕賷 睾賷乇毓丕丿賷 丿丕乇賲 亘丕毓孬 卮丿 趩賴丕乇 亘丿賲!
倬.倬.倬.賳. 鬲丕 丨丕賱丕 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 賴賷趩 賰鬲丕亘賷 丕賳賯丿乇 鬲賵囟賷丨 賳丿丕丿賴 亘賵丿賲丕!
The violent fire consumes itself fast
賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 亘乇丕賷 丿賵乇賴 丕賷 賰賴 鬲賵卮 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 禺賷賱賷 丌賵丕賳诏丕乇賴 賵 賵丕賷賱丿乇 亘禺丕胤乇卮 倬賵賱賷鬲夭乇 亘乇丿賴 賵賱賷
賲毓賱賵賲賴 賰賴 賵丕賷賱丿乇 賴賲 丿趩丕乇 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 诏賵乇賰賷 賵 卮丕賵 賵 爻丕賲乇爻鬲 賲賵丕賲 賲賷卮賴 丕诏乇 鬲丕 丨丕賱丕 賳卮丿賴 亘丕卮賴.
賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 丿乇 爻賴 倬乇丿賴 亘丕 丕禺鬲賱丕賮 夭賲丕賳賷 夭賷丕丿 丕鬲賮丕賯 賲賷賮鬲賴 賵 賲乇賵乇賷 亘乇 鬲丕乇賷禺 亘卮乇賷鬲 丕夭 夭賲丕賳 丌丿賲 鬲丕 倬丕賷丕賳 丕丨鬲賲丕賱賷 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳賷 丿賵賲賴 ...
倬乇 丕夭 丕賱賲丕賳賴丕賷 賲鬲丕丿乇丕賲丕 賵 賮丕氐賱賴 诏匕丕乇賷賴貙 亘丕夭賷诏乇丕 丕夭 賳賯卮卮賵賳 亘賷乇賵賳 賲賷丕賳貙 賰丕乇诏乇丿丕賳 賲賷丕丿 賵爻胤 氐丨賳賴 賵 ... 賵 丕夭 丕賷賳 噩賴鬲 賲賷卮賴 诏賮鬲 亘丕賷丿 丕噩乇丕 亘卮賴 賵 賳賴 禺賵賳丿賴貙 禺賱丕氐賴 賰賴 丕诏乇 禺賵賳丿賷丿 賵 亘禺卮 夭賷丕丿賷卮賵 賳賮賴賲賷丿賷丿 賰丕賲賱丕 胤亘賷毓賷賴 馗丕賴乇賳.
倬.賳. 趩乇丕 鬲賵 丕賷乇丕賳 賰丕乇丕賷 賵丕賷賱丿乇 賳賴 鬲乇噩賲賴 卮丿賳 賳賴 丕噩乇丕責!
倬.倬.賳. 禺賷賱賷 亘賷賳 爻賴 賵 趩賴丕乇 爻鬲丕乇賴 丿賵 丿賱 亘賵丿賲 賵賱賷 賷賴 賰卮卮 卮丿賷丿 丿乇賵賳賷 賰賴 亘賴 爻賲鬲 趩賷夭丕賷 睾賷乇毓丕丿賷 丿丕乇賲 亘丕毓孬 卮丿 趩賴丕乇 亘丿賲!
倬.倬.倬.賳. 鬲丕 丨丕賱丕 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 賴賷趩 賰鬲丕亘賷 丕賳賯丿乇 鬲賵囟賷丨 賳丿丕丿賴 亘賵丿賲丕!
May 29, 2020
This landed on my list because I love "Our Town". . .this really couldn't be farther from that mark in my view.
It's kind of like those books where Greek Gods (or Roman, depends on the book you've picked up) are mixing and mingling in the current-ish era and are mostly dissatisfied with the lack of attention and worship they are not getting these days. They are wistful for past days. . .the family in this story is like this, although they are not gods exactly, just very long-lived. Anyway, the tale goes from the moment of creation through the moment the author's writing utensil hit paper and we are off in a Micheneresque way through time at a full waddle. Oy veh.
There was a note of explanation at the end, picking up and praising the long forward that explained what the reader was about to read. Which mostly seemed to be pointing to the larger, slightly humorous (within the context of mid-century humor values), quirky message of the resiliency of mankind. Well, I definitely got the message that mankind rather resembles a cockroach in his abilities to persist and be positive about it (on the stupid side, I think?). All the cynicism, hopelessness, and lack of redemption. . . .is it predestination? I'm I digging deeply in the wrong pond? The price is just too high to try and mine a meaning out this one.
Anyway, I have my hands in front of me and am backing slowly away from TNW work currently in my list for the time being. I welcome any rejoinders, feedback or wisdom of the GR community on that score.
2 stars. Maybe it's just me not getting it. But. . .?
It's kind of like those books where Greek Gods (or Roman, depends on the book you've picked up) are mixing and mingling in the current-ish era and are mostly dissatisfied with the lack of attention and worship they are not getting these days. They are wistful for past days. . .the family in this story is like this, although they are not gods exactly, just very long-lived. Anyway, the tale goes from the moment of creation through the moment the author's writing utensil hit paper and we are off in a Micheneresque way through time at a full waddle. Oy veh.
There was a note of explanation at the end, picking up and praising the long forward that explained what the reader was about to read. Which mostly seemed to be pointing to the larger, slightly humorous (within the context of mid-century humor values), quirky message of the resiliency of mankind. Well, I definitely got the message that mankind rather resembles a cockroach in his abilities to persist and be positive about it (on the stupid side, I think?). All the cynicism, hopelessness, and lack of redemption. . . .is it predestination? I'm I digging deeply in the wrong pond? The price is just too high to try and mine a meaning out this one.
Anyway, I have my hands in front of me and am backing slowly away from TNW work currently in my list for the time being. I welcome any rejoinders, feedback or wisdom of the GR community on that score.
2 stars. Maybe it's just me not getting it. But. . .?
January 4, 2014
The one line that sums up the entire play:
"have you milked the mammoth yet?"
Surreal, Meta beyond belief, occasionally harrowing, often hilarious, non-comprehensible half the time...but Wilder is a master at endings, and everything suddenly makes sense in the last ten pages. He's a master of exploring cosmic themes through everyday life.
"have you milked the mammoth yet?"
Surreal, Meta beyond belief, occasionally harrowing, often hilarious, non-comprehensible half the time...but Wilder is a master at endings, and everything suddenly makes sense in the last ten pages. He's a master of exploring cosmic themes through everyday life.
May 2, 2011
The Skin of Our Teeth is a delightful, confusing mishmash of eras, telling the story of an American family who has weathered the Ice Age, Noah's flood, and war. The parents have been married for over 5,000 years and gave birth to Cain and Abel; the father invented the wheel, the alphabet, and chose Miss Atlantic City 1942. Every page in the book is thick with allusion, from the Muse sisters to the maid Sabina (who was raped; ). I'm not sure I understood the half of it, but it was fun to read, and I think it's the sort of play that benefits from repeated readings. It's definitely something I'd like to read again later on.
October 13, 2024
Bizarre and insipid. I regret having already purchased tickets to see Seattle's current production.
*Update 10/13/24 after attending a production* Even more bizarre but less insipid. Excellent casting, set, and overall production values. Actually laughed out loud occasionally, and the Director (Damaso Rodriguez) managed the inherent chaos and confusion of Wilder's script well. Act 3 was an unfortunate slog after strong Acts 1 and 2. The Saturday night audience - which began at about 80% capacity - had winnowed out to less than 50% by final curtain. And this is a shame, because the company worked themselves to exhaustion over the course of nearly three hours.
Leaving the rating at a solid 2 stars because the play itself is "just okay".
*Update 10/13/24 after attending a production* Even more bizarre but less insipid. Excellent casting, set, and overall production values. Actually laughed out loud occasionally, and the Director (Damaso Rodriguez) managed the inherent chaos and confusion of Wilder's script well. Act 3 was an unfortunate slog after strong Acts 1 and 2. The Saturday night audience - which began at about 80% capacity - had winnowed out to less than 50% by final curtain. And this is a shame, because the company worked themselves to exhaustion over the course of nearly three hours.
Leaving the rating at a solid 2 stars because the play itself is "just okay".
April 6, 2022
As I started reading this, my first thought was: "What in the hell is this?!" It was extremely odd, yet oddly funny, and I trundled on. Look at it as a whole, I have to say this is a brilliant allegory of everyday life, told in the most bizarre way possible. AND, despite being 80 years old is completely relevant today! A side kudos to the original set designer and run crew for this piece-creating and accomplishing the complicated set and it's machinations 80 years ago is an astonishing achievement!
September 29, 2017
First sentence: Announcer: The management takes pleasure in bringing to you--The News Events of the World:
Premise/plot: The Skin of Our Teeth is an always absurd, sometimes amusing, frequently head-scratching play that won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1943. It stars Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, a couple who've been married for 5,000+ years, their two children Henry and Gladys, and their 'maid' Sabina. Each of the three acts has its own peculiar setting. The acts do not seem--to me, at least--to be connected to one another to tell a cohesive story. Each act has its own beginning, middle, and end. So the whole play is like three little stories sharing some of the same characters, some of the same themes. The 'theme' is surviving 'by the skin of your teeth.' The running gag, of sorts, is that this couple is "Adam" and "Eve" and Henry is "Cain."
The first act is 'the end of the world' by ice. The second act is 'the end of the world' by flood. The third act is 'end of the world' by war.
My thoughts: What a strange, strange play! Sabina, the "maid," is the scene stealer. In each of the three acts, she breaks character throughout and speaks directly to the audience. She reminds everyone THIS IS A PLAY. THIS IS A PLAY THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I'M A PART OF THE PLAY. BUT I'M A REAL PERSON TOO. In the second act, for example, Sabina breaks character to "protect" the audience and "prevent" giving offense. The lines she's skipping are the ones her character says to steal Mr. Antrobus and wreck his "happy" family. Her excuse for breaking character is this: there might be people in the audience who don't need to be reminded of the reality of broken homes. Husbands cheat. Wives cheat. Spouses leave each other. Couples divorce. Homes are broken. People don't go to the theatre to see this kind of stuff. They come to be entertained. They come to laugh.
Did I like this one? Well. Not really "like." It was interesting. More astounding to me than anything is that it's a prize-winning drama. Which in a way makes sense. I think this is a case of The Emperor's New Clothes. You either see the brilliance, want others to think you see what they see, or call others out and say WHY is this wonderful?
Quotes: "Henry Antrobus is a real, clean-cut American boy. He'll graduate from High School one of these days, if they make the alphabet any easier. Henry, when he has a stone in his hand, has a perfect aim; he can hit anything from a bird to an older brother--Oh! I didn't mean to say that!--but it certainly was an unfortunate accident, and it was very hard getting the police out of the house. Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus' daughter is named Gladys. She'll make some good man a good wife someday, if he'll just come down off the movie screen and ask her." (Sabina, monologue)
"How can you make a world for people to live in, unless you've first put order in yourself?" (Antrobus to Henry)
"How will a man choose the ruler that shall rule over him? Will he not choose a man who has first established order in himself, knowing that any decision that has its spring from anger or pride or vanity can be multiplied a thousand fold in its effects upon the citizens? (Hester)
Premise/plot: The Skin of Our Teeth is an always absurd, sometimes amusing, frequently head-scratching play that won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1943. It stars Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, a couple who've been married for 5,000+ years, their two children Henry and Gladys, and their 'maid' Sabina. Each of the three acts has its own peculiar setting. The acts do not seem--to me, at least--to be connected to one another to tell a cohesive story. Each act has its own beginning, middle, and end. So the whole play is like three little stories sharing some of the same characters, some of the same themes. The 'theme' is surviving 'by the skin of your teeth.' The running gag, of sorts, is that this couple is "Adam" and "Eve" and Henry is "Cain."
The first act is 'the end of the world' by ice. The second act is 'the end of the world' by flood. The third act is 'end of the world' by war.
My thoughts: What a strange, strange play! Sabina, the "maid," is the scene stealer. In each of the three acts, she breaks character throughout and speaks directly to the audience. She reminds everyone THIS IS A PLAY. THIS IS A PLAY THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I'M A PART OF THE PLAY. BUT I'M A REAL PERSON TOO. In the second act, for example, Sabina breaks character to "protect" the audience and "prevent" giving offense. The lines she's skipping are the ones her character says to steal Mr. Antrobus and wreck his "happy" family. Her excuse for breaking character is this: there might be people in the audience who don't need to be reminded of the reality of broken homes. Husbands cheat. Wives cheat. Spouses leave each other. Couples divorce. Homes are broken. People don't go to the theatre to see this kind of stuff. They come to be entertained. They come to laugh.
Did I like this one? Well. Not really "like." It was interesting. More astounding to me than anything is that it's a prize-winning drama. Which in a way makes sense. I think this is a case of The Emperor's New Clothes. You either see the brilliance, want others to think you see what they see, or call others out and say WHY is this wonderful?
Quotes: "Henry Antrobus is a real, clean-cut American boy. He'll graduate from High School one of these days, if they make the alphabet any easier. Henry, when he has a stone in his hand, has a perfect aim; he can hit anything from a bird to an older brother--Oh! I didn't mean to say that!--but it certainly was an unfortunate accident, and it was very hard getting the police out of the house. Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus' daughter is named Gladys. She'll make some good man a good wife someday, if he'll just come down off the movie screen and ask her." (Sabina, monologue)
"How can you make a world for people to live in, unless you've first put order in yourself?" (Antrobus to Henry)
"How will a man choose the ruler that shall rule over him? Will he not choose a man who has first established order in himself, knowing that any decision that has its spring from anger or pride or vanity can be multiplied a thousand fold in its effects upon the citizens? (Hester)
June 11, 2016
I鈥檓 not sure how much I liked The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder鈥檚 second most well-known play..
I should stipulate, reading a play is a very different thing from seeing a play. I don't have much experience reading plays and mentally transmuting the written words and actions to that ancient medium, so take all I say here with a grain of salt. I'm sure the performances would outweigh my imagination.
The Skin of Our Teeth is metaphor many layers deep. The story, such as it is, has the Antrobus family facing three ideas of "the end of the world". First, the ice age, second, the Flood of Noah, and third, a war, reminiscent of WWII, which the play was written during. The metaphorical part here: the family lives in New Jersey. The family is both ancient man and the 20th-century nuclear family.
The fourth wall is broken time and time again. Wilder doesn鈥檛 let you forget you鈥檙e in a play. (More than anything, in these moments, I think Wilder is saying more about theater at the time than anything else.)
The outcome, the moral, the defining idea, is that humanity always recovers. But the other side of Thornton Wilder's coin is that humanity continues to make the same mistakes over and over again. A husband cheats, a boy murders, the rabble rouses, yet humanity continues. Men learn of true women (for that is the reason the universe was put in motion), children are born, grow, die, and the philosophers continue their march like hours on a clock.
It鈥檚 a fine philosophy of a play. Maybe go see it as one, rather than reading about it in a book.
I should stipulate, reading a play is a very different thing from seeing a play. I don't have much experience reading plays and mentally transmuting the written words and actions to that ancient medium, so take all I say here with a grain of salt. I'm sure the performances would outweigh my imagination.
The Skin of Our Teeth is metaphor many layers deep. The story, such as it is, has the Antrobus family facing three ideas of "the end of the world". First, the ice age, second, the Flood of Noah, and third, a war, reminiscent of WWII, which the play was written during. The metaphorical part here: the family lives in New Jersey. The family is both ancient man and the 20th-century nuclear family.
The fourth wall is broken time and time again. Wilder doesn鈥檛 let you forget you鈥檙e in a play. (More than anything, in these moments, I think Wilder is saying more about theater at the time than anything else.)
The outcome, the moral, the defining idea, is that humanity always recovers. But the other side of Thornton Wilder's coin is that humanity continues to make the same mistakes over and over again. A husband cheats, a boy murders, the rabble rouses, yet humanity continues. Men learn of true women (for that is the reason the universe was put in motion), children are born, grow, die, and the philosophers continue their march like hours on a clock.
It鈥檚 a fine philosophy of a play. Maybe go see it as one, rather than reading about it in a book.
August 26, 2015
One of the most remarkable artworks I've encountered, and among the most appropriate to the end times we are living through.
April 10, 2022
One of the most bizarre and brilliant plays about perseverance. It is more relevant now than ever.
April 25, 2025
Brilliant and innovative.
4.5/5
4.5/5
December 7, 2016
I'm not a huge fan of things that exemplify my flaws. This means I generally dislike all things that are self-referential, with the one monumental exception being Monty Python's Flying Circus, but only because they do it in a way that is far more clever than I could ever manage. I have a lot of trouble in daily life, and in my writing, with making the thing I'm saying or writing become about itself. Unrestrained self-reference is one of the many sour fruits of hyper self-awareness. This includes plays about plays, plays within plays, plays that break the fourth wall, and especially plays where the fourth wall seems to be in a constant state of disrepair, like this one.
Why can't things be about the things they are about? Why must everything acknowledge itself? Is it some sort of existential coping mechanism? I want to be immersed in something, not have it constantly reminding me that it is merely make-believe.
I suppose all this criticism is not a criticism of the play as a whole but more of the meaninglessness of the whole of modern philosophy which declines to acknowledge the existence of ultimate things and therefore lacks a comprehensive vision of the self.
It was funny, though.
Why can't things be about the things they are about? Why must everything acknowledge itself? Is it some sort of existential coping mechanism? I want to be immersed in something, not have it constantly reminding me that it is merely make-believe.
I suppose all this criticism is not a criticism of the play as a whole but more of the meaninglessness of the whole of modern philosophy which declines to acknowledge the existence of ultimate things and therefore lacks a comprehensive vision of the self.
It was funny, though.
August 30, 2019
Human life as a chaotic cycle of (male?) bombast/destruction and (female?) perseverance/rebuilding.
June 17, 2009
I loved reading "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, so I decided to read more of his works. This play, which breaks the fourth wall many times, revolves around a family and their maid as they face the Ice Age, the Great Flood and a seven year war. The father is George Antrobus (I think it means "human" in Greek) and the mother is Maggie Antrobus. Their children are Henry and Gladys. Sabina is the maid that often "breaks out of character" and becomes the actress playing Sabina, "Miss Somerset."
It's a funny play that touches upon serious subject matters - such as whether humanity is worth living for.
One of my favorite lines are "Did you milk the mammoth yet?" To which Sabina/Miss Somerset replies "I don't understand a word of this play - Yes I milked the mammoth."
A must read if you love plays. It's also pretty short for those that don't like to read long books.
It's a funny play that touches upon serious subject matters - such as whether humanity is worth living for.
One of my favorite lines are "Did you milk the mammoth yet?" To which Sabina/Miss Somerset replies "I don't understand a word of this play - Yes I milked the mammoth."
A must read if you love plays. It's also pretty short for those that don't like to read long books.
January 16, 2020
I can see why this play would appeal to audiences during World War II. An allegory on human nature and the endless repetitions of tragedy and war as we seek out peace and stability, The Skin of Our Teeth was too avant garde for me. I found the first act less creative and more bizarrely confusing, although I do think each act got progressively stronger. But seeing as we鈥檙e now a few decades removed from the 1940s, I鈥檇 argue that this play hasn鈥檛 aged well and that its universal themes aren鈥檛 as timeless as Wilder thought. Quasi-recommended.
December 23, 2018
Okay, what just happened? I did NOT understand that play. Period. Three stars because it was mostly entertaining and sometimes hilarious. But I'm afraid I sadly missed the point Wilder was trying to impress upon us. I also have a niggling feeling I would have disagreed with him had I understand what he was saying. Sad. I suppose not everything can be as amazing as Our Town!
May 3, 2020
From page two, I detested this play鈥檚 approach to meta-theatricality. It had some cute moments, like a mammoth and a dinosaur being sent out of the house and into the cold, sending those species into extinction so humanity could save itself. That was the only moment in this entire play of Very Big Ideas that I cared about it. The rest was a wash of incomprehensible biblical allusions. And I could probably parse out some meaning and references from them, but I have zero desire to do so.
The breaking of the fourth wall was beyond grating and it was incessant. Maybe at the time some of it was new. Like when an actor says 鈥渙h I don鈥檛 want to say these next lines because they鈥檒l make you blush,鈥� and now it鈥檚 a joke that鈥檚 been copied too much since. But methinks not. That meta theatrical device predates TSOUT, at least as far back as A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream.
Without this play, would we have Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, anything written by David Ives, or Waiting for Godot? Impossible to say, but one can see how this would have an influence on those. To be fair, I didn鈥檛 like Godot either, but I haven鈥檛 seen it. And while I didn鈥檛 understand everything in 鈥淩osenkrantz,鈥� it certainly felt more layered and profound than this confounding pile of dreck. Yes, plays are meant to be seen and not read, especially farces, but sitting in a theatre and watching this sounds like an excruciating, not an elucidating, experience.
The breaking of the fourth wall was beyond grating and it was incessant. Maybe at the time some of it was new. Like when an actor says 鈥渙h I don鈥檛 want to say these next lines because they鈥檒l make you blush,鈥� and now it鈥檚 a joke that鈥檚 been copied too much since. But methinks not. That meta theatrical device predates TSOUT, at least as far back as A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream.
Without this play, would we have Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, anything written by David Ives, or Waiting for Godot? Impossible to say, but one can see how this would have an influence on those. To be fair, I didn鈥檛 like Godot either, but I haven鈥檛 seen it. And while I didn鈥檛 understand everything in 鈥淩osenkrantz,鈥� it certainly felt more layered and profound than this confounding pile of dreck. Yes, plays are meant to be seen and not read, especially farces, but sitting in a theatre and watching this sounds like an excruciating, not an elucidating, experience.
April 10, 2021
Meh. Some good projects for sets and costumes, but the patriarchal gender roles are so last century and the treatment of Black characters is just nope. A director could probably reimagine the racist parts of the script for a 21st century audience but I'm harder pressed to imagine how the gender grossness could be dealt with.
January 29, 2024
I saw a production of this in high school and thought it would be nice to revisit it. I enjoyed the cyclic nature of the play as well as Wilder鈥檚 blurring of the line between the play and the audience. He never breaks the fourth wall, he shatters it. The references to Homer and Moses are a bit on the nose, but they serve their purpose and add some variety to this play about beginnings and endings.
December 22, 2018
Okumas谋 莽ok keyifli bir oyundu.
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February 17, 2023I forgot how much I enjoyed this and how much it can hit--for such a complex puzzle it is incredibly beautiful
November 27, 2021
It's actually hard to think of a more tonedeaf play to perform in 2021 than this one but Playmakers of UNC strikes again. I just have to laugh. Vivian Benisch really ought to retire
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August 12, 2024DNF b/c I did not want to read it. Heavy handed and inane
September 23, 2020
Sorry, but this one just didn't click with me. That doesn't mean it was written amateurishly or anything, but again, it just didn't click.
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May 7, 2025weird fucking play exemplifying the weird reality we humans inhabit. I love a heavy-handed series of allegories and oblique historical references. First Act was oddly reminiscent of Aronofksy's "Mother!". I am enraptured by the breadth and power of human creativity.
November 11, 2024
It was aight.
October 18, 2021
螣 螛蠈蟻谓蟿慰谓 螕慰蠀维喂位谓蟿蔚蟻 蔚委谓伪喂 纬谓蠅蟽蟿蠈蟼 蟽蔚 蠈位慰蠀蟼 渭伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂慰 苇蟻纬慰 蟿慰蠀 篓螚 渭喂魏蟻萎 渭伪蟼 蟺蠈位畏篓. 螆蟿蟽喂 渭蔚 渭蔚纬维位畏 蠂伪蟻维 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 蟿慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蟺喂慰 未喂维蟽畏渭慰 苇蟻纬慰 蟿慰蠀, 蟿慰 The skin of our teeth. 螤伪蟻蔚渭蟺喂蟺蟿蠈谓蟿蠅蟼 畏 伪纬纬位喂魏萎 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻喂魏萎 蠁蟻维蟽畏 蟺蟻慰苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 螔委尾位慰 魏伪喂 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟽畏渭伪蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 纬位蠀蟿蠋谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂尾喂蠋谓蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蠀渭蠁慰蟻维. 韦慰 苇蟻纬慰 蟺蟻蠅蟿慰蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽喂维蟽蟿畏魏蔚 蟽蟿畏谓 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏萎 蟿慰 1942, 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰蟼 蟽魏畏谓慰胃苇蟿畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰 螚位委伪 螝伪味维谓 魏伪喂 魏苇蟻未喂蟽蔚 蟿慰 尾蟻伪尾蔚委慰 螤慰蠉位喂蟿味蔚蟻.
螘委谓伪喂 蟿蟻委蟺蟻伪魏蟿慰 魏伪喂 蔚谓蟿蔚位蠋蟼 蟽慰蠀蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈. 桅蟿维谓蔚喂 谓伪 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰 味蔚蠀纬维蟻喂 蟿蠅谓 畏蟻蠋蠅谓 慰谓慰渭维味蔚蟿伪喂 螒谓蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蠀蟼, 蠈蟿喂 味慰蠀谓 渭伪味委 纬喂伪 蟺维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 5.000 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪, 蠈蟿喂 苇蠂慰蠀谓 未蠀慰 纬喂慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 慰谓慰渭维味慰谓蟿伪喂 螁尾蔚位 魏伪喂 螝维喂谓, 蠈蟿喂 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蟺蟻维尉畏 苇蠂蔚喂 蔚蠁蔚蠉蟻蔚喂 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻慰蠂蠈, 蟿慰 伪位蠁维尾畏蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 螛蔚蠈 魏伪喂 蠈蟿喂 蟽蟿畏谓 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蟺蟻维尉畏 蠁位蔚蟻蟿维蟻蔚喂 渭蔚 渭喂伪 蔚谓味蔚谓委 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 伪蟺慰谓苇渭蔚喂 蟿慰 尾蟻伪尾蔚委慰 蟽蟿伪 魏伪位位喂蟽蟿蔚委伪 蟿慰蠀 1942. 韦伪 魏伪蟿慰喂魏委未喂伪 味蠋伪 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 渭伪渭慰蠉胃 魏伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 未蔚喂谓蠈蟽伪蠀蟻慰蟼, 慰喂 蠁委位慰喂 蟿慰蠀 味蔚蠀纬伪蟻喂慰蠉 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠁蠀纬蔚蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 慰 螠蠅蠀蟽萎蟼 魏伪喂 慰 螌渭畏蟻慰蟼 魏位蟺.
螠蔚 位委纬伪 位蠈纬喂伪 慰 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼 蔚蟺喂尾喂蠋谓蔚喂 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 魏位喂渭伪蟿喂魏苇蟼 伪位位伪纬苇蟼, 蟽蔚喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼, 蠁蠀蟽喂魏苇蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻慰蠁苇蟼 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟺慰位苇渭慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 慰 委未喂慰蟼. 螘委谓伪喂 喂魏伪谓蠈蟼 纬喂伪 蟿伪 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 伪位位维 魏伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿伪 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪: 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 魏伪喂 尾纬维味蔚喂 蠁喂位慰蟽蠈蠁慰蠀蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 慰 螒蟻喂蟽蟿慰蟿苇位畏蟼 魏伪喂 慰 危蟺喂谓蠈味伪, 纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 尾喂尾位委伪 魏伪喂 蔚位蟺委味蔚喂, 蟽畏魏蠋谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺维位喂 蟽蟿伪 蟺蠈未喂伪 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚蟿维 伪蟺蠈 蠈,蟿喂 魏伪喂 伪谓 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿伪 尉伪谓伪蠂蟿委味蔚喂 蠈位伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎.
螘委谓伪喂 蟿蟻委蟺蟻伪魏蟿慰 魏伪喂 蔚谓蟿蔚位蠋蟼 蟽慰蠀蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈. 桅蟿维谓蔚喂 谓伪 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰 味蔚蠀纬维蟻喂 蟿蠅谓 畏蟻蠋蠅谓 慰谓慰渭维味蔚蟿伪喂 螒谓蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蠀蟼, 蠈蟿喂 味慰蠀谓 渭伪味委 纬喂伪 蟺维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 5.000 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪, 蠈蟿喂 苇蠂慰蠀谓 未蠀慰 纬喂慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 慰谓慰渭维味慰谓蟿伪喂 螁尾蔚位 魏伪喂 螝维喂谓, 蠈蟿喂 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蟺蟻维尉畏 苇蠂蔚喂 蔚蠁蔚蠉蟻蔚喂 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻慰蠂蠈, 蟿慰 伪位蠁维尾畏蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 螛蔚蠈 魏伪喂 蠈蟿喂 蟽蟿畏谓 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蟺蟻维尉畏 蠁位蔚蟻蟿维蟻蔚喂 渭蔚 渭喂伪 蔚谓味蔚谓委 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 伪蟺慰谓苇渭蔚喂 蟿慰 尾蟻伪尾蔚委慰 蟽蟿伪 魏伪位位喂蟽蟿蔚委伪 蟿慰蠀 1942. 韦伪 魏伪蟿慰喂魏委未喂伪 味蠋伪 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 渭伪渭慰蠉胃 魏伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 未蔚喂谓蠈蟽伪蠀蟻慰蟼, 慰喂 蠁委位慰喂 蟿慰蠀 味蔚蠀纬伪蟻喂慰蠉 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠁蠀纬蔚蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 慰 螠蠅蠀蟽萎蟼 魏伪喂 慰 螌渭畏蟻慰蟼 魏位蟺.
螠蔚 位委纬伪 位蠈纬喂伪 慰 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼 蔚蟺喂尾喂蠋谓蔚喂 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 魏位喂渭伪蟿喂魏苇蟼 伪位位伪纬苇蟼, 蟽蔚喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼, 蠁蠀蟽喂魏苇蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻慰蠁苇蟼 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟺慰位苇渭慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 慰 委未喂慰蟼. 螘委谓伪喂 喂魏伪谓蠈蟼 纬喂伪 蟿伪 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 伪位位维 魏伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿伪 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪: 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 魏伪喂 尾纬维味蔚喂 蠁喂位慰蟽蠈蠁慰蠀蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 慰 螒蟻喂蟽蟿慰蟿苇位畏蟼 魏伪喂 慰 危蟺喂谓蠈味伪, 纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 尾喂尾位委伪 魏伪喂 蔚位蟺委味蔚喂, 蟽畏魏蠋谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺维位喂 蟽蟿伪 蟺蠈未喂伪 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚蟿维 伪蟺蠈 蠈,蟿喂 魏伪喂 伪谓 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿伪 尉伪谓伪蠂蟿委味蔚喂 蠈位伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎.
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