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Childhood
Contributor(s): Wilder, Thornton (Author)
ISBN: 0573620776     ISBN-13: 9780573620775
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
OUR PRICE:   $13.25  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: February 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | American - General
- Performing Arts | Theater - General
Physical Information: 0.07" H x 5" W x 8" (0.09 lbs) 32 pages
 
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Thornton Wilder

Comedy

Characters: 2 male, 3 female

In this provocative, sometimes chilling comedy, Wilder renders a child's-eye view of the grown-up world, as a father, a mother and their three children play a revealing game of make-believe in which the children pretend to be orphans. Startling truths emerge on both sides, as pretense challenges the family to discard the traditional roles of parent, spouse, child, and sibling--blurring the lines between perception and rea