Our Town, by Thorton Wilder- What is his unique style in the play? What is it's purpose?

Question

I need to know what his unique style is, and what it does to make the play special.

Answer 1

The whole play is pantomimed. No props. He was the first to do that.

Answer 2

A big thing is how he has the Stage Manager character who is the narrator and talks to the audience--it is unusual for a character to "break the fourth wall" like this.  Check out Wikipedia for some good general info on the play; basically the play is really self-conscious in that you always know it's a play (you don't get lost in the "realism" of the storytelling).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town