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Name: Jitney
Author: August Wilson

A thoroughly revised version of a play August Wilson first wrote in 1979, Jitney was produced in New York for the first time in the spring of 2000, winning rave reviews and the accolade of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award as the best play of the year. Set in the 1970s in Pittsburgh's Hill District, and depicting gypsy cabdrivers who serve black neighborhoods, Jitney is the seventh in Wilson's projected ten-play cycle (one for each decade) on the black experience in twentieth century America. The play addresses the rich culture of the black community and its ability to sustain them through profound moments in history.

First publish date: 2001

Genre: Drama & Plays/Historical Drama

Authors: August Wilson

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