Gem of the Ocean
10 Apr 2008Size: 221mm x 143mm£25.00
Gem of the Ocean
Hardback £25.00
The first play in August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1904. Aunt Esther, the 285-year-old fiery matriarch of 1839 Wylie Avenue, sets Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama, on a soaring, lyrical journey of spiritual awakening.
This Theatre Communications Group edition includes a foreword by Phylicia Rashad, who created the role of Aunt Ester in the play's Broadway run.
'August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean is like a great and mighty ship riding the waves of history' Phylicia Rashad, from her Foreword
'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'
New York Times10 Apr 2008Size: 221mm x 143mm£25.00
