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The Skin of Our Teeth (1959) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1959 · 56 mins · English
- Directed by
- Henry Kaplan
- Starring
- George Devine, Vivien Leigh, David McCallum, Philip Gilbert
A stage production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer‑winning play that celebrates humanity’s resilience amid chaos, shifting fluidly between modern‑day New Jersey and the Ice Age. The Antrobus family—George, his 5,000‑year‑married wife Maggie, their seemingly perfect children Gladys and Henry, and their ageless maid Sabina—face ice, flood and war, surviving by the skin of their teeth.
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