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Overview
Three plays from Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright August Wilson: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, and Joe Turner's Come and Gone.Synopsis
This collection features Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, voted Best Play of 1984-85 by the New York Drama Critics' Circle, Fences, winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and Joe Turner's Come and Gone, voted Best Play of 1987-88 by the New York Drama Critics' Circle.
Booknews
These three plays (Ma Rainey's black bottom, Fences, and Joe Turner's come and gone)--published together for the first time, with a new introduction by the author--wind through three decades of the African-American experience. Each play has won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Fences also won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Editorials
Booknews
These three plays (Ma Rainey's black bottom, Fences, and Joe Turner's come and gone)--published together for the first time, with a new introduction by the author--wind through three decades of the African-American experience. Each play has won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Fences also won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
June 1, 1991
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages
318
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780822936664