August Wilsonwas a major American playwright whose work has been consistently acclaimed as among the finest of the American theater. Most recently,Fenceswas adapted into a major motion picture directed by and starring Denzel Washington. The play won numerous awards for best play of the year in 1987including the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Among other awards,Ma Rainey's Black Bottomwon the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best new play of 1984-85 and Joe Turner's Come and Gone was voted best play of 1987-1988 by the New York Drama Critics' Circle. In 1990, Wilson was awarded his second Pulitzer Prize forThe Piano Lesson. He died in 2005.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
"Heart-stopping... The play's real music is in the language... Mr.
Wilson's most virtuosic writing to date."—The New York Times
“Stupendous… rich and resonant.”—The Washington Post
“Feisty, ebullient, exuberant… Wilson is a consummate
storyteller.”—Los Angeles Times
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