August wilson

Wilson wrote 10 plays, collectively known as "The Pittsburgh Cycle" or "Amerian Century Cycle," which explores 100 years of the African American experience.

John Lahr on the playwright who wrote “Fences,” “The Piano Lesson,” and more.

PLAYWRIGHT BACK PLAYWRIGHT(April 27, 1945-October 2, 2005) authored Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, Jitney, King Hedley II, Gem of the Ocean, and Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experience of the descendants of Africans brought to North America, decade-by-decade over the course of

Read 512 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. August Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the bl…

Our critics talk about the power of language and representation from the playwright, a great chronicler of the 20th century.

PBS – with a slew of Hollywood talents – pays tribute to August Wilson.

Read 169 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. “No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has aimed so high and achieve…

A look at innovative African American playwright, August Wilson, his cycle of 10 plays, and his critically-acclaimed family drama, Fences.

African-American playwright August Wilson is best known for his work which includes a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Each is set in a different decade, depicting the comic and tragic aspects of the African-American experience in the 20th century. Wilson has also received a Pulitzer ...

Before we begin our celebration of Wilson’s legacy brush up on your knowledge of the playwright with our quick primer.