- Drama, African American neighborhoods, African Americans, Nineteen hundreds (Decade)
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.
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Earnest, grave, prestige and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- August Wilson
- First published
- July 17, 2006
- Pages
- 91
- Publisher
- Distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, Theatre Communications Group, Samuel French, Inc.
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781559362818
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