Author

Publication

2008 - Theatre Communications Group, New York, USA, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

22,250 words, Guess

Page Count

89 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3573.I45677 G46 2007

Description

Set in 1904 Pittsburgh, it is chronologically the first work in August Wilson's decade-by-decade cycle dramatizing the African American experience during the 20th century-an unprecedented series that includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Fences and The Piano Lesson. Aunt Esther, the drama's 287-year-old fiery matriarch, welcomes into her Hill District home Solly Two Kings, who was born into slavery and scouted for the Union Army, and Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama searching for a new life.

Subjects

Topics

DramaAfrican AmericansPittsburgh (Pa.) -- DramaAfrican American familiesAfrican Americans -- DramaNineteen hundreds (Decade)African American neighborhoods

Places

Pittsburgh (Pa.)Pa.) Hill District (PittsburghHill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Genres

  • Drama.

Series Statement

  • The August Wilson century cycle

Other Editions

  • Gem of the OceanTheatre Communications Group2008-01-01

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