Our Town with Spaulding Gray in HD - Great Performances 1989

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• Speaker 1 0:53
• Speaker 2 5:03
• Speaker 3 5:04
• Speaker 4 5:05
• Speaker 5 5:13
• Speaker 6 6:06
• Speaker 7 6:12
• Speaker 8 6:35

1. 0:53

   Kafli 1: This play is called Our Town. 249s · Speaker 1

   This play is called Our Town. It's written by Thornton Wilder. The name of the town is Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, just across the Massachusetts line. Latitude 42 degrees 40 minutes. Longitude 70 degrees 37 minutes. The first act shows…

2. 5:03

   Kafli 2: Morning, Dr. 63s · Speaker 2

   Morning, Dr. Gibbs. Morning, Joe. Somebody been sick, Doc? No, just some twins born over in Polish town. You want your paper now? Yes, I'll take it. Anything serious going on in the world since Wednesday? Yes, sir. My school teacher, Ms. Fo…

3. 6:06

   Kafli 3: huh? This town's getting bigger every year. 301s · Speaker 6

   huh? This town's getting bigger every year. Got it right, Howie? No, no, it's a fine day. This'll burn through. Come on, Bessie. Hello, Bessie. How old is she, Howie? She's going on 17. Bessie's all mixed up about the root ever since the Lo…

4. 11:08

   Kafli 4: Well, if I could get the doctor to take the money and go away someplace on a real trip, I'd sell it like that. 76s · Speaker 2

   Well, if I could get the doctor to take the money and go away someplace on a real trip, I'd sell it like that. You know, Myrtle, it's been the dream of my life to see Paris, France. I don't know. That's crazy, I suppose. But for years I've …

5. 12:25

   Kafli 5: all right. 65s · Speaker 1

   all right. Just keep dropping hints from time to time. That's how I got to see the Atlantic Ocean, you know. I'm sorry I mentioned it. Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die, you ought to see a country where they don't ta…

6. 13:31

   Kafli 6: very proud of that. 87s · Speaker 3

   very proud of that. A shelf of Devonian basalt crosses it with vestiges of metazoic shale and sandstone outcroppings, but that's more recent, 200, 300 million years ago. Oh, some interesting fossils. I might say unique fossils have been fou…

7. 15:00

   Kafli 7: He'll be here in a minute. 160s · Speaker 2

   He'll be here in a minute. He just cut his hand, eating an apple. Thank you, Mrs. Webb. Charles! Mr. Webb is the editor and publisher of the Grover's Corner Sentinel. That's our local newspaper here. Well, I don't have to tell you that we'r…

8. 17:40

   Kafli 8: Well, why don't they do something about it? 136s · Speaker 5

   Well, why don't they do something about it? Well, I don't know. I guess like everybody else, we're all searching for some way that the diligent and sensible can rise to the top and the lazy and quarrelsome can sink to the bottom. But it ain…

9. 19:57

   Kafli 9: I gotta go home and help my mother. 287s · Speaker 2

   I gotta go home and help my mother. I promised. Emily, walk simply. Who do you think you are today? Oh, Papa, you're terrible. One minute you tell me to stand up straight, and the next minute you call me names. I just don't listen to you. G…

10. 24:44

    Kafli 10: Oh, Mommy, you're no help at all. 115s · Speaker 8

    Oh, Mommy, you're no help at all. Thank you, thank you. That'll do. We have to interrupt here again. Thank you, Mrs. Webb. Thank you, Emily. We need to... explore a little more information about the town. I think this is a good time to tell…

11. 26:40

    Kafli 11: Sometimes going by. 62s · Speaker 7

    Sometimes going by. You can hear the choir practice at the congregational church. The children at home doing their schoolwork. The day is running down like a tired clock. Look here, everybody. Music come into the world to give pleasure. Sof…

12. 28:06

    Kafli 12: It can't work at all. 89s · Speaker 2

    It can't work at all. The moonlight's so terrible. Emily, did you get the answer to the third problem? Which? The third. Why, yes, George. That's the easiest of them all. I don't see it. Emily, can you give me a little hint? I'll tell you o…

13. 29:36

    Kafli 13: I forget, how many of you will be able to come in Tuesday afternoon and sing at Fred Hersey's wedding? 74s · Speaker 3

    I forget, how many of you will be able to come in Tuesday afternoon and sing at Fred Hersey's wedding? Show your hands. That'll be fine. That'll be right nice. Now, we'll do art thou weary, art thou languid. It's a question, ladies and gent…

14. 30:50

    Kafli 14: Why, sure. 108s · Speaker 2

    Why, sure. Why, Pa? What do you mean? Well, George, while I was in my office today, I heard a funny sound. What do you think I want? It was your mother chopping wood. You see your mother getting up early, cooking meals all day long, washing…

15. 32:38

    Kafli 15: Foster. I'll tell Mr. 102s · Speaker 8

    Foster. I'll tell Mr. Webb. I know he'll want to put it in the paper. Why, it's late. Good night, Irma. Real nice choir practice, wasn't it? Myrtle Webb, look at that moon, will you? Potato weather, for sure. Naturally, I didn't want to say…

16. 34:21

    Kafli 16: You're late enough. 68s · Speaker 4

    You're late enough. Why, Frank, it ain't any later than usual. You stopping at the corner to gossip with a lot of hens? Oh, now, Frank, don't be grouchy. out and smell the heliotrope in the moonlight isn't that wonderful what did you do all…

17. 35:29

    Kafli 17: For a while, anyway. 91s · Speaker 1

    For a while, anyway. No, no, start getting upstairs. It seems like there's always so many things to pick up. You know, Frank, Mrs. Fairchild always locks her front door every night. All those people up that part of town do. They're all gett…

18. 37:01

    Kafli 18: Simon Stimson's still rolling around, little. 75s · Speaker 3

    Simon Stimson's still rolling around, little. Just saw his wife moving out to hunt for him. I looked the other way. There he is now. Good evening, Simon. Looks like the whole town has settled down for the night pretty well. Good evening. Ye…

19. 38:17

    Kafli 19: three a year. 83s · Speaker 1

    three a year. I hope not. Good night, Bill. Good night, Mr. Webb. Who's that up there? Is that you, Myrtle? Hey, Papa. Why aren't you in bed? Sleep yet. Isn't the moonlight wonderful? And the smell of Mrs. Gibbs' heliotrope? You smell it? H…

20. 39:41

    Kafli 20: What's so funny about that? 198s · Speaker 6

    What's so funny about that? But listen, it's not finished. The United States of America, continent of North America, Western Hemisphere, the Earth, the solar system, the universe, the mind of God. That's what it said on the envelope. What d…

21. 43:00

    Kafli 21: Anything in the papers I ought to know? 302s · Speaker 4

    Anything in the papers I ought to know? Nothing much. Except we're losing about the best baseball pitcher Grover's Corner has ever had. George Gibbs. I reckon he is. He could hit. And run bases, too. He's a mighty fine ball player. Whoa, Be…

22. 48:02

    Kafli 22: not until he sees her in the church. 234s · Speaker 2

    not until he sees her in the church. That's just an old superstition. Good morning, Mr. Webb. Good morning, George. Ah, Mr. Webb, you don't believe in that old superstition, do you? There's a lot of common sense in some superstitions, Georg…

23. 51:56

    Kafli 23: Goodbye. Goodbye. 131s · Speaker 3

    Goodbye. Goodbye. Myrtle, I guess you haven't heard about that older superstition. What do you mean, Charles? Since the caveman. No bridegroom should see his father -in -law on the day of the wedding. Or near it. Thank you very much, Mr. an…

24. 54:08

    Kafli 24: I carry your books home for you, Emily? 173s · Speaker 6

    I carry your books home for you, Emily? Why, thank you. It isn't far. Excuse me a minute, Emily, will you? Bob! Say, Bob, if I'm a little late, start practice anyway. And give Herb some long high ones. Goodbye, Lizzie. Oh, goodbye, Lizzie. …

25. 57:01

    Kafli 25: afternoon, Mrs. 287s · Speaker 1

    afternoon, Mrs. Slocum. Hello, George. Hello, Emily. What do you have? Why, Emily Webb, what have you been crying about? Oh, uh, she just got an awful scare, Mr. Morgan. She almost got run over by that hardware store wagon. Everyone says th…

26. 1:01:49

    Kafli 26: well, you for instance. 167s · Speaker 8

    well, you for instance. You say you were watching me when I did everything? Well, I was doing the same thing about you all the time. Why, sure. I always thought about you as one of the chief people I thought about. I always made sure I knew…

27. 1:04:37

    Kafli 27: What's that, George Gibbs? 273s · Speaker 1

    What's that, George Gibbs? You mean to say you came down the store with no money in your pocket? Yes, but I had reasons, Mr. Morgan. Look, here, you can keep my gold watch until I come back with the money. No, wait a minute. That's all righ…

28. 1:09:10

    Kafli 28: what's the matter? 176s · Speaker 4

    what's the matter? Ma, I don't want to grow old. Why is everyone pushing me so? George, you wanted it. No, Ma, listen to me. No, no, George, you're a man now. Ma, for the last time I ask you, all I want to do is to be a fella. George, if an…

29. 1:12:06

    Kafli 29: you, George, take this woman, Emily, to be your wedded wife? 216s · Speaker 1

    you, George, take this woman, Emily, to be your wedded wife? Perfectly lovely wedding. Loveliest wedding I ever saw. Oh, I do love a good wedding, don't you? Doesn't she make a lovely bride? Better for worse, until death do you part. I do. …

30. 1:15:43

    Kafli 30: 1680. Strong -minded people that come a long way to be independent. 156s · Speaker 3

    1680. Strong -minded people that come a long way to be independent. Summer people walk around there laughing at the funny words on the tombstones. Don't do any harm. Genealogists come up from Boston. They get paid by city people to look up …

31. 1:18:19

    Kafli 31: Now, you know as well as I do that the dead don't stay interested in us living for very long. 80s · Speaker 7

    Now, you know as well as I do that the dead don't stay interested in us living for very long. Gradually, gradually they lose hold of the earth and the pleasures they had and the ambitions they had and the people they loved and the things th…

32. 1:19:40

    Kafli 32: afternoon, Joe Stoddard. 102s · Speaker 5

    afternoon, Joe Stoddard. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Let me see now. Do I know you? I'm Sam Craig. Gracious sakes alive of all people. I might have known you'd be back for the funeral. You've been away a long time, Sam. Yes, I've been a…

33. 1:21:22

    Kafli 33: Well, let's see. 75s · Speaker 6

    Well, let's see. I wanted to look at my father's and mother's. Over with the Craigs, Avenue F. He was organist at church, wasn't he? Drank a lot, we used to say. Nobody was supposed to know about it. He'd seen a peck of trouble. Took his ow…

34. 1:22:37

    Kafli 34: My daughter -in -law, Emily Webb. 179s · Speaker 7

    My daughter -in -law, Emily Webb. Well, I declare the road up here must have been awful muddy. How did you die of, Julia? In childbirth. Childbirth? I'd forgotten all about that. My, wasn't life awful and wonderful. Wonderful, Mrs. Simon. S…

35. 1:25:37

    Kafli 35: Not very much. 91s · Speaker 1

    Not very much. They're sort of shut up, aren't they? I feel as though I knew them last... a thousand years ago. My boy's spending the day at Mrs. Carter's. Oh, Mr. Carter, my little boy's spending the day at your house. Is he? Yes. He loves…

36. 1:27:09

    Kafli 36: troubled. 60s · Speaker 3

    troubled. A little cooler than it was. Yes, that rain's cooled it off a little. Those old nor 'east winds always act the same way, don't they? If it isn't a rain, it's a three -day blow. But Mother Gibbs, one can go back. One can go back in…

37. 1:28:09

    Kafli 37: It's not what you'd think it'd be. 75s · Speaker 8

    It's not what you'd think it'd be. But I won't live over a sad day. I'll choose a happy one. I'll choose the day that I first knew that I loved George. Why should that be painful? Because you not only live it, but you watch yourself living …

38. 1:29:25

    Kafli 38: All right. 62s · Speaker 3

    All right. February 11th, 1899, a Tuesday. Do you want any special time of day? Oh, I want the whole day. Then we'll begin at dawn. You remember, it had been snowing for several days. It had stopped the night before, and they had just begun…

39. 1:30:27

    Kafli 39: Bessie. Bessie. 164s · Speaker 4

    Bessie. Bessie. Waterville, water show the party. And there's your crow. Wally, time to get up. Young mama looks. I didn't know mama was ever that young. You can come and dress by the fire if you like, but hurry. Good morning, Mr. Newsom. I…

40. 1:33:12

    Kafli 40: that's from your Aunt Carrie. 244s · Speaker 8

    that's from your Aunt Carrie. And I reckon you can guess who brought the postcard album. I found it on the doorstep this morning when I brought in the milk. George Gibbs. He must have come over in the cold pretty early. Right nice of him. O…

41. 1:37:17

    Kafli 41: The saints and poets, maybe. 105s · Speaker 1

    The saints and poets, maybe. They do some. I'm ready to go back. Were you happy? No. I should have listened to you. That's all human beings are, just blind people. Look, it's clearing up. The stars are coming out. Oh, Mr. Stimson. I should …

42. 1:39:02

    Kafli 42: My boy, Joel, was a sailor. 130s · Speaker 6

    My boy, Joel, was a sailor. He knew them all. He'd sit on the porch evenings and he'd tell them all my name. Yes, sir, wonderful. A star is mighty good company. Yeah, yes it is. Here's one of them coming. That's funny. Ain't no time for one…