Three Plays Author:Thornton Wilder In a long and immensely productive lifetime, Thornton Wilder gave us not only a series of major novels, but three plays that, for generations of theatergoers, have provided direct, coherent and powerful statements on the human condition. Both OUR TOWN and THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH were awarded the Pulitzer Prize; both are acclaimed as theater classi... more »cs; both have been revived recently to critical acclaim. THE MERCHANT OF YONKERS was a commercial failure in 1938; a generation later, as THE MATCHMAKER, it was a hit; as the basis of the musical HELLO DOLLY!, it was a resounding success.« less