Gem of the ocean /
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&#...
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| Language: | English |
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New York : St. Paul, MN :
Theatre Communications Group ; Distributed to the Book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution,
2006
New York : St. Paul, MN : Theatre Communications Group ; Distributed to the book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2006 New York : St. Paul, MN : 2006 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | 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 "Set in 1904 Pittsburgh, Gem of the Ocean is the play that begins August Wilson's ten-play cycle dramatizing the African American experience during the twentieth century - a series that includes the plays Fences and The Piano Lesson. Aunt Ester, the drama's 285-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."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | Forms part of: August Wilson collection Signed by John Earl Jelks and Ruben Santiago-Hudson Cast: 5 men, 2 women This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 85 p. ; 22 cm 85 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 1559362804 (pbk.) 1559362804 1559362812 9781559362801 (pbk.) 9781559362801 9781559362818 |