August Wilson: Completing the Twentieth-Century Cycle

by Alan Nadel

Just prior to his death in 2005, August Wilson, arguably the most important American playwright of the last quarter-century, completed an ambitious cycle of ten plays, each set in a different decade of the twentieth century. Known as the Twentieth-Century Cycle or the Pittsburgh Cycle, the plays, which portrayed the struggles of African-Americans, won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, a Tony Award for Best Play, and seven New York Drama Critics Circle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587298759
• ISBN13: 9781587298752
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"