Day. Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Amos Parker Wilder, a newspaper editor and later a U.S. diplomat, and Isabella Thornton Niven...
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I was always a great admirer of Thornton Wilder." Cohen, Sandy; McShane, Larry (August 29, 2016). "Nephew: Gene Wilder, star of Mel Brooks movies, dies...
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Our Town (category Plays by Thornton Wilder)
Our Town is a three-act play written by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written"...
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer...
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It was established by Tappan Wilder and Catharine Wilder Guiles, the nephew and niece of Academy member Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), and given for the...
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The Eighth Day is a 1967 novel by Thornton Wilder. Set in a mining town in southern Illinois, the plot revolves around John Barrington Ashley, who is...
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drama romance film adaptation of the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder, starring Martha Scott as Emily Webb, and William Holden as George...
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The Ides of March is an epistolary novel by Thornton Wilder that was published in 1948. In the author's words, it is 'a fantasia on certain events and...
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Program. Wilder married Isabella Thornton Niven. They had six children: Amos Wilder, a theologian and poet; Thornton Wilder, a writer; Charlotte Wilder, a poet...
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Billy Wilder. He struck up a conversation with Wilder, who advised Thornton to consider a career as a screenwriter. In September 1987, Thornton appeared...
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The Skin of Our Teeth (category Plays by Thornton Wilder)
The Skin of Our Teeth is a play by Thornton Wilder that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It opened on October 15, 1942, at the Shubert Theatre in New...
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Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy...
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Our Town in which she starred alongside its playwright and director, Thornton Wilder. By the mid-1940s, Stuart was dedicating her time to the pursuit of...
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Our Town is a play by Thornton Wilder. Our Town may also refer to: Our Town (1940 film), adaptation of the play starring William Holden and Martha Scott...
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The Matchmaker (category Plays by Thornton Wilder)
The Matchmaker is a 1954 Broadway play by Thornton Wilder, a rewritten version of his 1938 play The Merchant of Yonkers. The play has a long and colorful...
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Retrieved 2021-07-08. Gates, Anita (2006-09-15). "A Young Man's Travels on Thornton Wilder Turf". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-08. Blankenship...
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made-for-television film adaptation of the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder starring Paul Newman, who was nominated for both an Emmy Award and...
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named "Thornton" Thornton Wilder, American playwright Thornton, New South Wales Thornton, Queensland, a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region Thornton, South...
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The Long Christmas Dinner (category Plays by Thornton Wilder)
Dinner is a play in one act written by American novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder in 1931. In its first published form, it was included in the volume...
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Cumming. In 2024, Holmes starred in the Broadway revival of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, portraying Mrs. Webb opposite Richard Thomas, Jim Parsons and Zoey...
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The Merchant of Yonkers (category Plays by Thornton Wilder)
The Merchant of Yonkers is a 1938 play by Thornton Wilder. The Merchant of Yonkers had its origins in an 1835 one-act farce A Day Well Spent by the English...
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Theatre, London. In 2004, she played Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder at the Young Vic Theatre Theatre, London. In 2008, she played Nadia...
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playwright Thornton Wilder, for whom she was literary agent, spokesperson and biographer. Isabel Wilder was the daughter of Isabella and Amos Parker Wilder, publisher...
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the final line of the American novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder. "Men Together Today" – 0:41 "Apologies to Insect Life" (Hamilton/Noble/Wood/Yan)...
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North is a 1973 autobiographical novel, the last novel written by Thornton Wilder. In 1988 it was adapted for the film Mr. North. In 1926 Theophilus...
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Mitchum and Lauren Bacall, based on the novel Theophilus North (1973) by Thornton Wilder. The directorial debut of Danny Huston, the project became a family...
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to Noh plays. Thornton Wilder – Wilder himself expressed his interest in Noh in his "Preface” to Three Plays and his sister Isabel Wilder also confirmed...
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1927 novel by Thornton Wilder. The Bridge of San Luis Rey may also refer to: Films The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929 film)...
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by John Michael Hayes is based on the 1955 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder. The costumes were by Edith Head. Set in 1884, the story focuses on...
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