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Há 6 dias · August Wilson was a playwright who penned an acclaimed cycle of plays, each set in a different decade of the 20th century, about Black American life. He won Pulitzer Prizes for two of them: Fences and The Piano Lesson. Learn more about Wilson’s life and works in this article.
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30 de mai. de 2024 · August Wilson was a legendary American playwright whose work captured the African American experience in the 20th century. Born in 1945, Wilson grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a city that heavily influenced his writing.
30 de mai. de 2024 · August Wilson has been referred to (by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) as “the most celebrated American playwright now writing, and . . . certainly the most accomplished black playwright in this nation’s history.”
16 de mai. de 2024 · When Wilson passed away in 2005 at the age of sixty, he was a towering and influential figure. Patti Hartigan first interviewed August Wilson in 1987 and her last interview with the playwright took place in 2005. In between, as a critic and arts reporter for the Boston Globe, Hartigan interviewed Wilson
Há 1 dia · Crossroads Theatre Company Review: ‘Fences’. Jammie Patton shines as Rose Maxson in Crossroads Theatre’s production of August Wilson’s ‘Fences,’ on stage through Sunday, June 9. Though the drama and humanity of August Wilson’s best piece, “Fences,” is glimpsed at New Brunswick’s Crossroad Theatre, Ricardo Khan’s production ...
9 de mai. de 2024 · August Wilson is one of America’s most cherished African American playwrights, renowned for his poignant narratives that intricately depict the complexities of Black life. Set against the backdrop of a makeshift taxi company, “Jitney” follows the struggles of a group of Black men as they strive to earn a livelihood.
29 de mai. de 2024 · A guide to historic sites and places that figure in the life and plays of August Wilson. Most of these are set in the Hill District, where Wilson was born and grew up. The book includes photographs of the sites as well as fold-out maps for self-conducted walking tours.
