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August Wilson A Literary Companion
No full textThis literary companion provides the reader with basic data and analysis on characters, dates, events, allusions, staging strategies and themes from the work of one of America's finest playwrights. The text opens with an annotated chronology of Wilson's life and works, followed by his family tree. Each of the 166 alphabetically arranged entries combines insights from a variety of sources along with generous citations. Charts elucidate the genealogies of Wilson's characters, the Charles, Hedley, and Maxson families, and account for weaknesses in Wilson's female characters.Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology of Wilson's Life and Works -- Wilson's Genealogy -- August Wilson: A Literary Companion -- Appendix A: Time Line of Hill District Residents and Events -- Appendix B: Writing and Research Topics -- Bibliography -- IndexThis literary companion provides the reader with basic data and analysis on characters, dates, events, allusions, staging strategies and themes from the work of one of America's finest playwrights. The text opens with an annotated chronology of Wilson's life and works, followed by his family tree. Each of the 166 alphabetically arranged entries combines insights from a variety of sources along with generous citations. Charts elucidate the genealogies of Wilson's characters, the Charles, Hedley, and Maxson families, and account for weaknesses in Wilson's female characters.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
A Concise Introduction to August Wilson : Guide
No full textIsaiah Wooden, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts at the American University, presents the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. Wooden examines Wilson's internationally acclaimed 10-play Century Cycle, which explores African-AmeriIsaiah Wooden, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts at the American University, presents the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. Wooden examines Wilson's internationally acclaimed 10-play Century Cycle, which explores African-AmeriDescription based on online resource; title from title screen (Digital Theatre+, viewed January 25, 2022
Conversation with August Wilson
No full textThis record contains recordings of an interview with August Wilson. The recordings are being made available in both .mp3 and .aiff formats. A transcript file is included
Alan Nadel, The Theatre of August Wilson
Get PDFAlan Nadel, The Theatre of August Wilson London: Methuen Drama, 2018. Pp. 224. ISBN: 9781472530486. Konstantinos Blatanis Published as part of Methuen Drama’s series of critical companions, this latest addition to the ever-growing scholarship on August Wilson’s work bears the signature of an author whose expertise on the playwright is significant in terms of both time and depth. Over the span of the past three decades, Alan Nadel has offered to this field a number of original and influenti..
August Wilson, Afrofuturist Dystopia and the Gem of the Ocean
No full textOn December 4, 2018, Anthony Dwayne Boynton has published an article entitled “August Wilson, Afrofuturism, & Gem of the Ocean” in Open Cultural Studies. A Blog Post by Pablo Markin. In his paper, Boynton has concentrated on August Wilson's plays belonging to the Pittsburgh or Century Cycle as “a theatrical experiment of black cultural history and sociology” (374). This author, thus, approaches Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean (2003) as a dystopian play set in a capitalist-police state” (374), in ..
"Jitney" by August Wilson: set model
No full text"Jitney" by August Wilson: set model. Director: Regge Life, Designer: Daniel Conway, Theater: The Mead Theatre, Opening Date: May 16, 2001
"Radio Golf" by August Wilson: set model
No full text"Radio Golf" by August Wilson: set model. Director: Ron Himes, Designer: Daniel Conway, Theater: The Mead Theatre, Opening Date: May 20, 2009
August Wilson and the Contemporary Theatre (an Interview)
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August Wilson\u27s Fences
No full textFences represents the decade of the 1950s, and, when it premiered in 1985, it won the Pulitzer Prize. Set during the beginnings of the civil rights movement, it also concerns generational change and renewal, ending with a celebration of the life of its protagonist, even though it takes place at his funeral. Critics and scholars have lauded August Wilson\u27s work for its universality and its ability, especially in Fences, to transcend racial barriers and this play helped to earn him the titles of America\u27s greatest playwright and the African American Shakespeare.
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