In the final act of this play, characters representing the hours of the night cross a platform at the rear of the stage and recite quotes from philosophers.
In the final act of this play, characters representing the hours of the night cross a platform at the rear of the stage and recite quotes from philosophers. It ends with a character claiming "the end of this play isn't written yet" as she begins to repeat its first scene. The stage manager Mr. Fitzpatrick interrupts the action of this play in order to admonish the actress Miss Somerset, who repeatedly breaks the fourth wall. The fortune teller Esmeralda appears in its second act, which is set on the boardwalk at Atlantic City and ends with a storm signal forecasting the end of the world. The maid Lily Sabina serves the central family of this play, whose first act features a talking dinosaur and mammoth, as well as the imminent approach of a giant wall of ice. For 10 points, name this play by Thornton Wilder in which the Antrobus family survive by the title expression.
In the final act of this play, characters representing the hours of the night cross a platform at the rear of the stage and recite quotes from philosophers.
The Skin of Our Teeth