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false <![CDATA[Gem of the Ocean]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178147800m/764325.jpg 764325 2 "No one except perhaps Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams has aimed so high and achieved so much in the American theater."-John Lahr, The New Yorker "A swelling battle hymn of transporting beauty. Theatergoers who have followed August Wilson's career will find in Gem a touchstone for everything else he has written."-Ben Brantley, The New York Times "Wilson's juiciest material. The play holds the stage and its characters hammer home, strongly, the notion of newfound freedom."-Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Gem of the Ocean is the play that begins it all. Set in 1904 Pittsburgh, it is chronologically the first work in August Wilson's decade-by-decade cycle dramatizing the African American experience during the 20th century-an unprecedented series that includes the Pulitzer Prizeâwinning plays Fences and The Piano Lesson. Aunt Esther, the drama's 287-year-old fiery matriarch, welcomes into her Hill District home Solly Two Kings, who was born into slavery and scouted for the Union Army, and Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama searching for a new life. Gem of the Ocean recently played across the country and on Broadway, with Phylicia Rashad as Aunt Esther. Earlier in 2005, on the completion of the final work of his ten play cycle-surely the most ambitious American dramatic project undertaken in our history-August Wilson disclosed his bout with cancer, an illness of unusual ferocity that would eventually claim his life on October 2. Fittingly the Broadway theatre where his last play will be produced in 2006 has been renamed the August Wilson Theater in his honor. His legacy will animate the theatre and stir the human heart for decades to come. 268788 2003 Gem of the Ocean total:94|5:32|4:37|3:21|2:3|1:1| 94 378 130 11 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 19:02:33 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 06:59:48 -0700 2007 Gem of the Ocean is the first in August Wilson's ten play cycle that chronicles the African-American experience in the twentieth century. Wilson wrote one for each decade. Gem of the Ocean is set in 1904. Like most though not all of the plays in the cycle, Gem is set in Pittsburgh. Perhaps the most ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 17:37:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:02:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 07 10:07:19 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 10:07:19 -0700 2008
For those unfamiliar with Wilson's ten-play cycle, here's some background: Wils...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 20:27:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 20:35:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 13 04:41:11 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 04:43:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 30 22:12:35 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 22:15:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 17 12:31:43 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 12:32:24 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Apr 27 09:10:26 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 09:11:09 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 13:11:02 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 13:11:37 -0800 2008
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