How is Our Town a modern American play?

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is not only a masterpiece of American drama but one of the earliest and
finest works of modernism in theatrical plays. The play, which is set entirely in Grover's
Corners, New Hampshire, focuses heavily on the passage of time and the infinite transience of
life.

Our Town finds its roots in modernism through many
characteristics of the play itself, most predominately its minimalist stage settings and
theatrical style, its focus on the universality of ordinary American life, and the narrator's
frequent engagement with the audience.

At the beginning of the play, the
narratoralso...