Jitney

by August Wilson

Overview

Drama

Characters: 8 male, 1 female

Interior Set

Set in 1970 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh that is served by a makeshift taxi company, Jitney is a beautiful addition to the author's decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the twentieth century.

"Explosive... Crackles with theatrical energy."-N.Y. Daily News

"Could be described as just a lot of men sitting around talking. But the talk has such varied range and mus

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780573627958
Publisher:	Samuel French, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/11/2011
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	98
Sales rank:	379,649
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

August Wilson is the most influential and successful African American playwright writing today. He is the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences, The Piano Lesson, King Hedley II, Ma Rainy's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running, Jitney and Radio Golf. His plays have been produced all over the world.

Editorial Reviews

Thoroughly engrossing...Jitney hold us in charmed captivity.

New York Times