The Skin of Our Teeth

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play theatrical work

The Skin of Our Teeth is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1942 play by Thornton Wilder that blends absurdist comedy and allegory to depict the enduring resilience of a family—and humanity—through apocalyptic catastrophes.

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The Skin of Our Teeth canonical 12
Act I of The Skin of Our Teeth 3
Act II of The Skin of Our Teeth 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Thornton Wilder ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
awardYear 1943 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts Ice Age catastrophe ⓘ
global war ⓘ
great flood ⓘ
dramaticForm three-act play ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1942 ⓘ
genre absurdist drama ⓘ
allegory ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasPart Act II ⓘ
surface form: Act I

Act II ⓘ
Act III ⓘ
influencedBy World War II context ⓘ
biblical narratives ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist theatre ⓘ
mainCharacter George Antrobus ⓘ
Gladys Antrobus ⓘ
Henry Antrobus ⓘ
Maggie Antrobus ⓘ
Sabina ⓘ
notableFor blend of absurdist comedy and allegory ⓘ
notableProduction original Broadway production at the Plymouth Theatre ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector Elia Kazan ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActor Florence Eldridge ⓘ
Fredric March ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1942-11-18 ⓘ
originalBroadwayProducer Michael Myerberg ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American dramatic canon ⓘ
publicationYear 1942 ⓘ
setting Atlantic City ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic City, New Jersey

Excelsior, New Jersey ⓘ
theme apocalypse ⓘ
cyclical nature of history ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ
human resilience ⓘ
survival through catastrophe ⓘ
war and destruction ⓘ
usesDevice breaking the fourth wall ⓘ
metatheatre ⓘ
writer Thornton Wilder ⓘ

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Theatre Guild → notableWork → The Skin of Our Teeth ⓘ
Thornton Wilder → notableWork → The Skin of Our Teeth ⓘ
Tallulah Bankhead → notableWork → The Skin of Our Teeth ⓘ
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Scott Lehrer → notableWork → The Skin of Our Teeth ⓘ
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