Read the passage below and answer the question.

Our claim, our hope, our despair are in the mind-not in things, not in "scenery."

- - Thornton Wilder

In at least one hundred words, explain how this quote relates to how Wilder staged Our Town and why it was unusual for the time period.

Wilder believed that the real significance of a play resided in the good use of the stage, and the way to interact and make full effort to project the story without the need for a big scenery and props; then leave the rest to the audience so they could imagine everything else. That's why it was so unusual in that time, it was a revolutionary way to perform a play.