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Jitney

Jitney

Jitney

August Wilson

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Editorial:
Samuel French
Año de edición:
2011
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Obras de teatro, textos teatrales
ISBN:
9780573627958
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Drama Characters: 8 male, 1 female Interior SetSet 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

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