Abstract
Abstract Perhaps the most famous and recognizable figure in Thornton Wilder's plays is the Stage Manager. The Stage Manager first appears in his one-act plays The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden and Pullman Car Hiawatha and most notably in Our Town. This article examines Wilder's Stage Manager characters using as a framework criteria derived from the four fundamental conditions of drama outlined in his 1941 essay “Some Thoughts on Playwriting.” Tracing Wilder's development of this character from the early one-act plays through his later plays, The Skin of Our Teeth and The Alcestiad, reveals that, in the latter two instances, characters who are not explicitly given the title of Stage Manager nonetheless fulfill the role outlined in this article. The recurring appearance of the Stage Manager figure suggests an evolving convention in Wilder's dramaturgy.
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