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- Book Synopsis
- The story of Troy Maxson, once a baseball star in the Negro Leagues, now fighting for the right to be first black man to drive a garbage truck in 1950s Pittsburgh. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play is part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century. This edition includes a Foreword by Samuel G. Freedman. 'A fierce commitment to particularity... August Wilson has made America see Troy Maxson, in all his precise and explicit blackness, as one of our fathers' Samuel G. Freedman, from his Foreword
- About The Author
- August Wilson (1945-2005) was an American playwright, best known for his series of ten plays, collectively called The American Century Cycle, which chronicles the African-American experience over the course of the twentieth century. It comprises Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II and Radio Golf. He won numerous prizes and honours, including two Pulitzer Prizes and the Humanities Medal from the President of the United States.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781559363020
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group, (06 March 2008)
- Number of Pages
- 92
- Weight
- 273 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 220 x 142 x 14 mm
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