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August Wilson's Seven Guitars
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 4m
Image: 2016 Yale Repertory Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
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Cast Size
3w, 4m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
Finalist! 1995 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
Winner! New York Drama Critics Award for Best Play
August Wilson is the recipient of the 1986 Whiting Award for Drama
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period 1940s/WWII
- Setting The action of the play takes place in the backyard of a house in Pittsburgh in 1948.
- Features Period Costumes
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
“Mr. Wilson writes so vividly that the play seems to have the narrative scope and depth of a novel.” – The New York Times
“Displays a narrative sweep and almost biblical richness of language and character... Mr. Wilson writes so vividly that the play seems to have the narrative scope and depth of a novel.” – The New York Times
“Impressive... with wild, untamed elements of symbolic fantasy, and the language... is used with the specific riff-like fluency and emotional impact of jazz.” – New York Post
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
From The Other Side Of The Casting Table: A Directorial Debut With August Wilson’s SEVEN GUITARS
by Courtney Kochuba
January 21, 2016
Photos
Image: 2016 Yale Repertory Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
Image: 2015 Two River Theater Production (T. Charles Erickson)
Licensing & Materials
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