King Hedley II

'A big play, filled with big emotions and big speeches. These aria-like monologues are rich in humour, heartbreak and the astonishing details that go into creating real people... a towering achievement'

'What makes Wilson America's greatest living playwright - aside from his gift for dialogue, which blends searing poetry with uncompromising realism - is the bracing humanism with which he provides insight into the struggles and aspirations of all individuals'

'August Wilson will be remembered as the African American O'Neill, a dramatist of rare imagination and weight'