This is an award winning drama that took place in the small village of Gover’s Corners. It is one of Thornton Wilder’s most frequently performs plays. It is a 1949 film adapted by Harry Chandlee and Wilder. The play opens up with the Stage Manager’s introduction to Gover’s Corners whichis a fictional town based on Peterborough, New Hampshire. The story takes place over a period of fourteen years. Gover’s Corners is an average size town that represents much of an average life in a town. It portrays a typical American small town life. This play manages to convey a deep sense of human tragedy without portraying people who rabidly abuse each other. This play has three acts that each represent daily life, love and marriage, and death. The audience