{"product_id":"august-wilson-9781501180675","title":"August Wilson","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ';masterful' (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), ';invaluable' (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwriting of the late 20th century, by a theater critic who knew him.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugust Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade. No other American playwright has completed such an ambitious oeuvre. Two of the plays became successful films, \u003ci\u003eFences\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis; and \u003ci\u003eMa Rainey's Black Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. \u003ci\u003eFences\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; \u003ci\u003eFences \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Tony Award for Best Play, and years after Wilson's death in 2005, \u003ci\u003eJitney \u003c\/i\u003eearned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough his brilliant use of vernacular speech, Wilson developed unforgettable characters who epitomized the trials and triu","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409307902295,"sku":"9781501180675","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/august-wilson-9781501180675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}