The Skin of Our Teeth

1983Directed by Jack O'Brien

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Released: January 18, 1983
Runtime: 1h 53m

About The Skin of Our Teeth

Drama

Synopsis

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).

Director: Jack O'Brien
Writer: Thornton Wilder

Principal cast

In billing order

Blair BrownSabina
Sada ThompsonMrs. Antrobus
Harold GouldMr. Antrobus
Jeffrey CombsHenry Antrobus
Monique FowlerGladys
Rue McClanahanFortune Teller

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