Set in 1939 just before the start of World War II, The Time of Yout Life takes place in a seedy San Francisco waterfront bar, through which numerous colorful but distressed characters move in their search for something more out of life than what they have. The play was the first to win both the New York Dram Critics' Circle Awarard and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. It is an American masterpiece that presents a rich tapestry of human life, people bu a profusion of wistful dreamers, pining lonely hearts and beer-hall philosophers.