The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act

by Thornton Wilder

Overview

A collection of six short plays by one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century.

Renowned for his masterful gift for revealing the miraculous in the seemingly mundane, these short plays showcase Thornton Wilder’s ability to examine American life, death, and all the mysteries therein with warmth, humor, and grace. This collection includes The Long Christmas Dinner, Queens of France, Pullman Car Hiawatha, Love and How to Cure It, Such Things Only Happen in Books, and The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781636700885
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	01/28/2025
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thornton Wilder was one of the most distinguished and versatile American writers of the 20th century. Among many honors, he was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes: two for drama, one for fiction. His stage works include Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, and The Matchmaker—remaining among the best-loved and most-produced plays of all time.

Editorial Reviews

Wilder’s tone is dry, fond; if God were to dabble in anthropology, and the recording angels to write with wry humor and infinite tolerance of human folly, this is how the holy books would read.”

The New York Times on The Long Christmas Dinner

Read these plays to celebrate that purity of intention that Wilder brought to the American theatre.”

1997 John Guare

Because so many of the plays we see nowadays are really suited to the small screen, it is easy to forget that a stage, no matter its size, can contain the cosmos. No one understood this better than Thornton Wilder, whose plays show us how to see the infinite in the utterly mundane.”

New York Daily News Howard Kissel

"One of the shortest, and sweetest, theatrical meals in the repertory."

Los Angeles Times on The Long Christmas Dinner