Talk:Thornton Wilder
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Was Hello, Dolly based on The Matchmaker, or was it based on The Merchant of Yonkers? Dpbsmith (talk) 13:35, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- The musical is adapted directly from the Matchmaker, which was a reworking of the Merchant of Yonkers, , according to the Thornton Wilder Society [1]. The reference to Johann Nestroy's play, which the Society argues was itself inspired by an earlier play, seems too-prominent. -Willmcw 20:58, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[[Category:Wisconsin writers|Wilder, Thornton
Looking at his Wiki biography and another one, I don't see any evidence that Wilder spent significant time in Wisconsin after he left to go to boarding school. "People from Wisconsin" is accurate, but I don't think he can be called a "Wisconsin writer". Is there any other information about his time in Wisconsin? Cheers, -Willmcw 22:14, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] China -> Asia?
An anon changed "China" to "Asia" in the sentence:
- ...spending part of his childhood in China...
I'm reverting it, because he did grow in China. For example, [2] "Thornton Wilder had firsthand experience of China in the early 1910s when his father was appointed American consul in Shanghai."
I can't figure out what the anon had in mind, unless he thinks "Asia" is a politically-correct synonym for China.
Now, one could change that to say he spent his childhood in "the Earth, the Solar System, the Universe, the Mind of God..." Dpbsmith (talk) 00:30, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Disgusting comments
I just cleaned this article up, after someone changed the titles of Wilder's plays to "A Day in the Life of a Dead Homo" and other such bigoted tripe.
