Gem of the Ocean (August Wilson's Century Cycle, 1) - 9292

Gem of the Ocean is the play that begins it all. 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. The play is part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatization of the African American experience in the twentieth century. This edition includes a foreword by Phylicia Rashad.
ASIN: 1559362812
VSKU: BVV.1559362812.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Wilson, August|Rashad, Phylicia
Binding: Hardcover