![]() ![]() ![]() Culture, he declares, is limited in Grover's Corners. The editor tells them that there is not much drinking and that no one is much concerned about social injustice. A belligerent man asks if there is any culture in the town. One woman wants to know if there is much drinking. When he finishes his comments, the Stage Manager asks if anyone in the audience wants to ask a question. He concludes that life there must be satisfying because ninety percent of the young people settle in their hometown. Webb's account, he notes that Grover's Corners is composed of mostly lower-middle-class people who are eighty-six percent Republican and eighty-five percent Protestant. Webb is momentarily delayed because he cut his hand while eating an apple. The Stage Manager then calls on Editor Webb to report the social and economic status of the town. He misstates the population as 2,640 because he is unaware that Doctor Gibbs has delivered two babies. The professor begins as far back as prehistory with tedious, pedantic details and works his way forward. The Stage Manager dismisses the two women and asks Professor Willard to interject some historic data. ![]()
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