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Playwright August Wilson was ahead of his time. But would he have made it today?

Por: Los Angeles Times Entertainment August 11, 2023

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It wasn’t easy for Frederick August Kittel Jr., a high school dropout from Pittsburgh's Hill District, to transform himself into August Wilson, the venerable playwright whose 10-play cycle examining 20th century Black life in America earned him a seat in the pantheon beside Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee. No dramatist survives the journey from obscurity to fame unscathed, but Wilson’s path was... + full article



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